Advanced Tooling Engineer

Challenge Manufacturing; Walker (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP program

Job summary

Challenge Manufacturing in Walker, MI is seeking an Advanced Tooling Engineer to drive tooling design and GD&T from quoting through production, ensuring part specifications and deadlines are met for high-quality 100% stampings.

The role requires a strong background in tool and die build or sheet metal stamping with at least six years of experience and a engineering degree preferred. This is a first-shift, M-F on-site at our Walker facility.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED (required).
• Minimum six years’ experience in Tool and Die Build/Design or Sheet Metal Stamping or equivalent education and experience (required).
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Supports the creation of GD&T and tooling data.
• Coordinates tool design, tool build, design reviews, sample requirements, part layouts, and archiving tool CAD data.
• Creates SOWs and secures signed SOWs from suppliers.
• Follows tooling and component gages from PO to home line buyoff and beyond.
• Prepares approvals/check sheets before shipping to ensure compliance with Challenge specifications.
• Supports pre-source meetings with suppliers to verify quotes before release.
• Provides release level data and GD&T to suppliers.
• Manages tooling project schedules by reviewing die shop and gage shop timelines.
• Tracks weekly issues and ensures timely closure.
• Verifies part quality during the program for each build requirement.
• Attends Weekly Open Issues Meetings to report status.

Skills

GD&T

Tooling design

Project coordination

Quality assurance

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Tooling CAD data

Job description

Who We Are:

Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.

Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owners automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!

#QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!

Who We Want

The Advanced Tooling Engineer will work as a part of a launch team and will follow the die tooling and gages from the quoting phase to the production phase, ensuring that part specifications and deadlines are met for the successful buildup of assemblies and providing 100% quality stampings to our customers.

What You’ll Do

• Supports the creation of GD&T.
• Responsible for coordinating tool design, tool build, tool design reviews, sample requirements, reviewing part layouts, ordering try out steel, and archiving tool CAD data.
• Create SOWs and receives signed SOWs back from suppliers.
• Following Tooling and Component Gages from PO to home line buyoff and beyond.
• Approvals / Check sheets to be filled out prior to shipping (to die shop for gages, or in house for dies) to ensure Challenge specifications are met for tooling and gages.
• Supports pre-source meetings with selected Suppliers ensuring quotes are correct prior to release.
• Provide release level Data and GD&T to selected suppliers.
• Maintaining tooling project schedules by reviewing die shop and gage shop schedules / timelines to ensure due dates are met.
• Track weekly open issues and ensure open issue closure in a timely manner.
• Verify and report the part quality throughout the program for each build requirement (drive to nominal).
• Attend Weekly Open Issues Meetings to report Die and Gage Status (timing/change levels/part quality/part status for build events).

When And Where

This will be a 1st Shift, M-F position located at our corporate office/plant in Walker, MI.

What You Need To Have

• High School Diploma or GED (required).
• Minimum six years’ experience in Tool and Die Build/Design or Sheet Metal Stamping or equivalent education and experience (required).
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline (preferred).