HPDC Tooling Engineer: Lead Die Design & Reliability

Pace Industries, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Pace Industries, LLC in New Hampshire is seeking a Tooling Engineer to develop, maintain, and optimize HPDC tooling, working with manufacturing engineering, production, quality, maintenance, and suppliers.

You will design dies, review designs for castability, support tooling trials, troubleshoot defects, and lead continuous improvement efforts to reduce scrap, downtime, and costs. Strong CAD skills and GD&T knowledge are required; 3+ years in tooling or manufacturing engineering is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of tooling, die casting, manufacturing engineering, or related experience.
• Experience with high‑pressure aluminum or magnesium die casting preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage HPDC dies and tooling from concept through production.
• Review product designs for die castability, manufacturability, and tooling feasibility.
• Review and improve die designs, including parting lines, slides, cores, ejectors, cooling, gating, runners, overflows, and venting.
• Support die trials, tooling launches, first-off inspections, and production start-ups.
• Troubleshoot tooling-related defects such as flash, porosity, cold shuts, soldering, erosion, cracking, and dimensional variation.
• Lead tooling improvements using root-cause analysis, 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, and DOE.
• Coordinate die repairs, modifications, and improvements with internal toolrooms and external suppliers.
• Develop tooling specifications, RFQs, and technical requirements for new projects.
• Monitor tooling performance, die life, downtime, repair history, and maintenance costs.
• Establish and improve preventive maintenance standards for dies and critical tooling.
• Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to resolve tooling-related quality issues.
• Support APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, and new product launches.
• Maintain tooling drawings, specifications, revisions, and technical documentation.
• Identify opportunities to reduce scrap, cycle time, tooling costs, and downtime while improving OEE and die life.

Skills

CAD software

GD&T reading

Problem-solving

Communication

Project management

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

NX

Creo

SolidWorks

CATIA

AutoCAD

Job description

Pace Industries, LLC in New Hampshire is seeking a Tooling Engineer to develop, maintain, and optimize HPDC tooling, working with manufacturing engineering, production, quality, maintenance, and suppliers.

You will design dies, review designs for castability, support tooling trials, troubleshoot defects, and lead continuous improvement efforts to reduce scrap, downtime, and costs. Strong CAD skills and GD&T knowledge are required; 3+ years in tooling or manufacturing engineering is preferred.