Casting Engineer - Pattern & Die Design, Simulation

Stainless Foundry & Engineering, LLC.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Stainless Foundry & Engineering in Milwaukee, WI, seeks a BS-educated Mechanical or Materials Engineer to join our casting and machine shop operations. You will work on patterns, dies, simulations, and production improvements to meet customer drawings and specifications.

The role emphasizes hands-on involvement with pattern and die tooling, solidification simulations, and collaboration with manufacturing, QA and IE to optimize costs and quality.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Materials Engineering from a four-year college.
• Local to Milwaukee area, onsite 100%.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.

Responsibilities

• Provide customer with cast components that meet dimensional criteria and soundness level of acceptance based on customer supplied drawings.
• Review current orders being processed for accuracy and resolve differences.
• Work with manufacturing, QA and IE to resolve issues and institute resolution.
• Communicate and direct pattern and die shops on correct construction of tooling.
• Engineer patterns and dies for production of cast products.
• Re-engineer current patterns and dies to reduce costs and/or eliminate labor.
• Perform casting simulation on computer to review direct solidification of cast components.
• Transfer as needed to various customer base as situations arise.
• Attend review meeting to resolve issues.
• Inform manager of current activity on responsible accounts.
• Proficient in 3d modeling (Solidworks preferred but not required.)
• Solidification Simulation experience using either Solidcast or Magmasoft.
• Perform any other job related activity as directed by manager.

Skills

3D modeling

Solidworks

Solidification Simulation

Customer communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Materials Engineering

Tools

Solidcast

Magmasoft

Job description

Stainless Foundry & Engineering in Milwaukee, WI, seeks a BS-educated Mechanical or Materials Engineer to join our casting and machine shop operations. You will work on patterns, dies, simulations, and production improvements to meet customer drawings and specifications.

The role emphasizes hands-on involvement with pattern and die tooling, solidification simulations, and collaboration with manufacturing, QA and IE to optimize costs and quality.