Aerospace Tooling Engineer: Onsite CAD & Prototyping

PPG Industries, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PPG's Aerospace Business in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Tooling Engineer to plan, organize, and manage tooling projects onsite. You will support tool-up of new programs and collaborate with Program Managers, Design and Production Engineers, and the tool shop.

This role reports to the Tooling, Facilities, and Maintenance Manager and requires establishing tooling requirements, coordinating internal and external resources, and delivering tooling solutions that meet schedules, cost, and quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• 4+ years of work or project experience with tooling fixtures for manufacturing, assembly, and testing.
• SolidWorks experience preferred.
• Prior mechanical design experience using 2D & 3D CAD tools required.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, GD&T, and tolerance stack up.

Responsibilities

• Establish tooling requirements for programs, including cost estimates and schedules.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, Design and Production Engineers to support tooling aspects of projects.
• Collaborate with Tooling Shop to define all aspects of tool fabrication and ensure documentation ready at project start.
• Manage transition of legacy program documentation into digital format (SolidWorks PDM).
• Coordinate with Sourcing and Vendors for outsourced tooling with on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Design master, gage, and process tooling; generate 2D/3D CAD drawings to ASME standards.

Skills

2D CAD

3D CAD

SolidWorks

Tooling design

Manufacturing processes knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

PDM

Job description

PPG's Aerospace Business in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Tooling Engineer to plan, organize, and manage tooling projects onsite. You will support tool-up of new programs and collaborate with Program Managers, Design and Production Engineers, and the tool shop.

This role reports to the Tooling, Facilities, and Maintenance Manager and requires establishing tooling requirements, coordinating internal and external resources, and delivering tooling solutions that meet schedules, cost, and quality