High-Pressure Die Casting Tooling Designer

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Tooling Designer for High Pressure Die Casting to own the design and development of tooling used to produce casted components. You will create high-precision tooling that meets tight tolerances while supporting high-rate production and cost targets.

You will collaborate with casting engineers, materials scientists and vendors from concept through production qualification, applying GD&T, tolerance analysis, and first-principles methods to optimize gating, venting, cooling, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience designing high pressure die casting molds.
• Experience using Siemens NX and tooling design best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design high-precision die casting tooling and trim dies to be manufactured and used in-house.
• Interpret and enable casting simulations; optimize gating, venting, cooling, and warp compensation.
• Account for shrinkage, warpage, and solidification to meet dimensional and metallurgical requirements.
• Own tooling designs from concept through tryout, qualification, and production release.
• Collaborate with casting engineers, materials scientists, and vendors to troubleshoot tooling-related defects and improve yield.
• Apply advanced GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis to complex geometries.
• Support design for manufacturability to enable high-rate production while maintaining quality and cost targets.
• Interface with manufacturing teams and tooling vendors to ensure designs translate to reliable production tooling.
• Drive continuous improvement of tooling standards, materials, and maintenance practices.

Skills

HPDC tooling design

GD&T

Tolerance analysis

Tools

Siemens NX

CNC machining

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Tooling Designer for High Pressure Die Casting to own the design and development of tooling used to produce casted components. You will create high-precision tooling that meets tight tolerances while supporting high-rate production and cost targets.

You will collaborate with casting engineers, materials scientists and vendors from concept through production qualification, applying GD&T, tolerance analysis, and first-principles methods to optimize gating, venting, cooling, and