Foundry Tooling Design Engineer - Relocation Available

Caterpillar; United States; On-site; USD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

401(k)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking an engineer to design, develop, and implement foundry tooling in Hodges, SC. You will collaborate with design engineers and the tooling shop to resolve quality and leadership actions through construction, implementation, and validation phases.

The role emphasizes experience with cast iron foundry tooling, material research, prototype testing, supplier development, and documenting functional requirements while contributing to buy-build analyses and technical reports.

Qualifications

• Analytical thinking to determine root causes and solutions.
• Managing multiple priorities across projects and teams.
• Technical excellence in engineering with strong problem-solving.
• CAD/Engineering: produce, analyze, simulate and test designs.
• Product Design - MFG: translate requirements into design.
• Product Design and Development: take concepts to production.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, builds, and implements foundry tooling with engineers and tooling shop.
• Researches new materials, tests prototypes, and analyzes performance.
• Supports supplier development and oversees drafting and testing staff.
• Develops functional requirements and translates to detailed designs; participates in buy-build analyses.
• Contributes to proposals, cost estimates, and technical reports.

Education

Engineering or Materials Science degree

Accredited program

Tools

Creo

Magmasoft

SolidCast

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking an engineer to design, develop, and implement foundry tooling in Hodges, SC. You will collaborate with design engineers and the tooling shop to resolve quality and leadership actions through construction, implementation, and validation phases.

The role emphasizes experience with cast iron foundry tooling, material research, prototype testing, supplier development, and documenting functional requirements while contributing to buy-build analyses and technical reports.