Manufacturing Tooling Engineer — Fixtures & Production

General Matter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

General Matter is establishing a new manufacturing facility in the U.S. and seeks a Manufacturing/Tooling Engineer to design fixtures and workholding for CNC mills and lathes.

You will own part-holding from ground up, creating tooling used on the shop floor and collaborating directly with machinists and CNC programmers to ensure tolerances and cycle times are met. You’ll have hands-on authority to design, build, and qualify tooling, guided by first-principles engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent hands-on tooling/fixture design experience.
• 4+ years designing fixtures, jigs, or workholding for CNC machining, with parts in production.
• Production-ready tooling design experience and reliable documentation.
• Ability to perform trade studies and make recommendations from first principles.
• Knowledge of GD&T and tolerance analysis in fixture design.

Responsibilities

• Design fixtures, jigs, and workholding for CNC milling and turning from concept to detailed drawings.
• Collaborate with machinists and programmers to validate fit, rigidity, and cycle-time impact of new tooling.
• Source or coordinate fabrication of tooling components with outside vendors and machine shops.
• Own qualification of new fixtures and setups, including first-article inspection on the machine.
• Maintain a tooling/fixture library and revision control for repeatable designs.
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce setup time, scrap, and cycle time as production ramps.
• Support the plant layout and tooling strategy for the new facility.

Skills

CNC fixture design

SolidWorks CAD

GD&T fluency

First principles problem solving

Manufacturing process knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Metrology tools

Job description

General Matter is establishing a new manufacturing facility in the U.S. and seeks a Manufacturing/Tooling Engineer to design fixtures and workholding for CNC mills and lathes.

You will own part-holding from ground up, creating tooling used on the shop floor and collaborating directly with machinists and CNC programmers to ensure tolerances and cycle times are met. You’ll have hands-on authority to design, build, and qualify tooling, guided by first-principles engineering.