Lead Manufacturing Tooling Engineer

DEPLOY; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

DEPLOY is seeking a Manufacturing Tooling Engineer to own the design and building of jigs, fixtures, and production tooling. Based onsite in Birmingham, AL, you will collaborate with manufacturing engineering and product design to model fixtures, run stack-ups, and ensure tolerance closure on first parts.

You will manage outside vendors, control budgets, and lead tooling programs from brief to launch, with relocation assistance available.

Qualifications

• Five+ years designing and building jigs, fixtures, or production tooling in manufacturing.
• SolidWorks, Inventor, or similar; Revit for building model.
• Knowledge of GD&T and tolerance stack-up applied to real parts.
• Hands-on welding, metal fabrication, machining experience.
• Ability to manage external vendors on cost, lead time and quality.
• Ability to defend design choices and explain rejections.

Responsibilities

• Design and build jigs and fixtures for production tooling.
• Model fixtures and run stack-ups to close tolerances on the floor.
• Coordinate first-off parts on the line and troubleshoot.
• Manage external vendors, cost, lead time, and quality.
• Lead tool-related projects with a set budget and milestones.

Skills

Jigs & fixtures design

GD&T tolerance stacks

Vendor management

Fabrication experience

Root cause analysis

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree (preferred)

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Revit

Job description

DEPLOY is seeking a Manufacturing Tooling Engineer to own the design and building of jigs, fixtures, and production tooling. Based onsite in Birmingham, AL, you will collaborate with manufacturing engineering and product design to model fixtures, run stack-ups, and ensure tolerance closure on first parts.

You will manage outside vendors, control budgets, and lead tooling programs from brief to launch, with relocation assistance available.