CAD Designer & Fabrication Specialist

Kooks-Custom-Headers; Statesville (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kooks Headers & Exhaust is seeking a skilled CAD Designer with hands-on fabrication experience to develop 3D models, production drawings, assemblies, fixtures, and manufacturing documentation for exhaust components.

The role requires translating design concepts into practical shop-floor parts, collaborating with Engineering, Production, and Quality to ensure designs are manufacturable and repeatable, while supporting continuous improvement on the manufacturing floor.

Qualifications

• Experience with 3D CAD design and mechanical drafting.
• Strong understanding of mechanical drawings, dimensions, tolerances, and manufacturing documentation.
• Hands-on metal fabrication experience.
• Experience with MIG and/or TIG welding processes.
• Understanding of tube fabrication, bending, cutting, welding, and assembly.
• Understanding of sheet metal and fabricated component design.
• Ability to accurately measure and reverse-engineer physical components.
• Experience using common inspection and measurement equipment such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, angle finders, and related tools.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Create and modify 3D CAD models, assemblies, and detailed manufacturing drawings.
• Design exhaust components, tubing assemblies, brackets, flanges, fixtures, and related fabricated components.
• Develop designs with manufacturability, fitment, cost, quality, and production efficiency in mind.
• Create accurate drawings including dimensions, tolerances, weld information, material specifications, and other manufacturing requirements.
• Design and develop welding, assembly, inspection, and production fixtures.
• Work directly with fabricators, welders, laser operators, tube-bending personnel, and other production employees to bring designs into production.
• Build, modify, and evaluate prototypes during new-product development.
• Verify vehicle and component fitment using physical measurements, CAD data, scanning, or other available methods.

Skills

3D CAD

Mechanical drafting

Fabrication experience

SolidWorks

Exhaust components

Tools

Laser cutting

Tube bending

CMM inspection

Job description

Kooks Headers & Exhaust is seeking a skilled CAD Designer with hands-on fabrication experience to develop 3D models, production drawings, assemblies, fixtures, and manufacturing documentation for exhaust components.

The role requires translating design concepts into practical shop-floor parts, collaborating with Engineering, Production, and Quality to ensure designs are manufacturable and repeatable, while supporting continuous improvement on the manufacturing floor.