Senior Aerospace Tooling Designer - Practical & Impactful

DAHER; 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

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Daher is hiring a Senior Tooling Designer for Kodiak Aircraft in Sandpoint, ID. You will design fixtures, jigs, and tooling to support aircraft production, working with mechanics and manufacturing engineers.

This role emphasizes practical shop-floor insight, repeatable tooling, and ergonomic improvements. The ideal candidate has 7–10+ years of aerospace tooling experience, hands-on fabrication skills, and proficiency in CAD (NX preferred).

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in tooling design and fabrication within aerospace or complex manufacturing.
• Hands-on background in fabrication such as machining, welding, sheet metal, assembly tooling.
• Deep understanding of fixture design, locator strategies, tolerance stack-up, repeatability, and assembly constraints.
• Proficiency in CAD; NX strongly preferred, with CATIA, SolidWorks, or equivalent platforms considered.
• GD&T per ASME Y14.5 and familiarity with gaging and fixturing principles.
• Proven ability to design tooling that improves production efficiency, ergonomics, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with mechanics, Manufacturing Engineers, and the Tooling Lead to understand real build constraints and high-impact tooling needs.
• Design tooling, fixtures, jigs, and assembly aids for structures, subassemblies, machining, fabrication, final assembly, and installation.
• Create detailed tool drawings that support manufacturing, assembly, maintenance, repair, and supplier fabrication.
• Ensure tooling designs are practical, robust, repeatable, ergonomic, maintainable, and realistic to fabricate with available resources.
• Use production data to support tooling prioritization recommendations.
• Validate tooling performance in production and improve or redesign tooling that does not add value.

Skills

Tooling design

Fabrication

CAD

Fixture design

GD&T (ASME Y14.5)

Lean

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX CAD

CATIA

SolidWorks

Job description

Daher is hiring a Senior Tooling Designer for Kodiak Aircraft in Sandpoint, ID. You will design fixtures, jigs, and tooling to support aircraft production, working with mechanics and manufacturing engineers.

This role emphasizes practical shop-floor insight, repeatable tooling, and ergonomic improvements. The ideal candidate has 7–10+ years of aerospace tooling experience, hands-on fabrication skills, and proficiency in CAD (NX preferred).