Senior Aerospace Tooling Designer for Low-Rate Production

Kodiak Aircraft Company; Sandpoint (ID); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Life Insurance

Short/Long-Term Disability

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Kodiak Aircraft in Sandpoint, Idaho, seeks a Senior Tooling Designer to develop fixtures, jigs, and tooling that improve production efficiency and quality. You will work with mechanics, manufacturing engineers, and suppliers to deliver practical, robust tooling grounded in shop-floor reality.

The role requires 7–10+ years in tooling design for aerospace or low-rate/high-mix production, with hands-on fabrication and strong GD&T knowledge.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of tooling design and fabrication in aerospace/manufacturing.
• Hands-on fabrication background: machining, welding, sheet metal, assembly tooling.
• Deep understanding of fixture design, locator strategies, tolerance stack-up and assembly constraints.
• Proficiency in CAD; NX preferred; CATIA/SolidWorks acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Design tooling, fixtures, jigs, and assembly aids for structures and final assembly.
• Create detailed tool drawings for manufacturing, maintenance, and supplier fabrication.
• Validate tooling performance on the shop floor and iterate as needed.
• Use production data to prioritize tooling and improve ergonomics, repeatability and quality.

Skills

Fixture design

Tolerance stack-up

Gaging principles

Repeatability

Lean/continuous improvement

CAD/NX

ASME Y14.5 GD&T

Shop-floor tooling experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA

SolidWorks

Job description

Kodiak Aircraft in Sandpoint, Idaho, seeks a Senior Tooling Designer to develop fixtures, jigs, and tooling that improve production efficiency and quality. You will work with mechanics, manufacturing engineers, and suppliers to deliver practical, robust tooling grounded in shop-floor reality.

The role requires 7–10+ years in tooling design for aerospace or low-rate/high-mix production, with hands-on fabrication and strong GD&T knowledge.