Senior Tooling Engineer

DP Professionals (DPP); Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DP Professionals (DPP) is seeking a Tooling Design Engineer for aerospace manufacturing on Merritt Island, FL. The role designs tooling to support fabrication, assembly, test, and movement of hardware on the production floor.

You will take projects from concept to proof testing, collaborate with manufacturing and suppliers, ensure safety, quality, and cost goals, and apply Creo and Windchill to release drawings.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of direct manufacturing experience.
• Tooling design, fabrication, and procurement experience.
• Strong CAD modeling and drafting experience.
• Creo Parametric and Windchill experience.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design, manufacturing, and GD&T.
• Ability to create free-body diagrams, identify load cases, and perform basic hand calculations.
• Experience with ASME Y14.5 standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and release CAD models and engineering drawings for tooling.
• Design assembly fixtures, material-handling equipment, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machinery.
• Take tooling projects from concept through fabrication, installation, commissioning, and proof testing.
• Work with vendors on fabrication and procurement.
• Support repair, rework, and nonconformance resolution.
• Perform root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop material-handling and packaging solutions.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Integration, and Component Engineering teams.
• Balance safety, quality, cost, cycle time, delivery, reliability, and maintainability.

Skills

CAD modeling

Drafting

Root cause analysis

Vendor coordination

ASME Y14.5

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

Creo Parametric

Windchill

Job description

Tooling Design Engineer | Aerospace Manufacturing

We’re looking for a Tooling Design Engineer to design practical tooling that helps teams build, assemble, test, and move hardware safely and efficiently.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who understands what happens after the CAD model is finished. You’ll work from production needs, develop tooling solutions, support fabrication and installation, and help solve technical problems on the production floor.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and release CAD models and engineering drawings for tooling
• Design assembly fixtures, material-handling equipment, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machinery
• Take tooling projects from concept through fabrication, installation, commissioning, and proof testing
• Work with vendors on fabrication and procurement
• Support repair, rework, and nonconformance resolution
• Perform root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Develop material-handling and packaging solutions
• Partner with Manufacturing, Integration, and Component Engineering teams
• Balance safety, quality, cost, cycle time, delivery, reliability, and maintainability

What you bring:

• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of direct manufacturing experience
• Tooling design, fabrication, and procurement experience
• Strong CAD modeling and drafting experience
• Creo Parametric and Windchill experience
• Strong understanding of mechanical design, manufacturing, and GD&T
• Ability to create free-body diagrams, identify load cases, and perform basic hand calculations
• Experience with ASME Y14.5 standards

Nice to have:

• Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering degree
• Tolerance stack-up experience
• CNC machining, welding, sheet metal, lifting/rigging, assembly, or inspection experience
• FEA / ANSYS Workbench Static Structural
• Strong DFM and DFA experience
• Experience taking hardware from development through rate production

The type of engineer we’re looking for:

Someone who can look at a production problem and figure out what tooling is actually needed, not just someone who can model parts in CAD.

You should be comfortable working across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and the production floor while managing multiple tooling projects at once.

U.S. citizenship/nationality, permanent residence, or qualifying refugee/asylee status is required.