Senior Tooling Quality Engineer - Stamping & Suppliers

Slate; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 123,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Slate is seeking a Senior Supplier Tooling Engineer-Stamping in Troy, Michigan, to own tooling across all commodities from award to PPAP readiness. You will track milestones, run tool trials, and lead corrective actions for tooling-related issues.

You will mentor SQEs and coordinate with Purchasing and Program Management to protect budgets and timelines, ensuring production-ready tooling at each program milestone.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in supplier tooling, tool engineering, or supplier quality with hands-on exposure to mold, die, and fixture design, construction, and runoff in automotive/high-volume manufacturing.
• Excellent communication and supplier relationship skills with ability to hold tooling vendors accountable while maintaining partnerships.
• Deep experience across tooling types including stampings, castings, extrusions, and structural components.
• Strong understanding of tooling program metrics including tool trial status, build milestones, first article acceptance, and capacity verification.
• Proficient reading/interpreting GD&T, tool drawings, and die/mold design prints; experience with CMM data, dimensional reports, and capability studies (Cpk, Ppk, Gauge R&R).
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Slate’s vendor tooling program across stamped, castings, extrusions, and soft trim from tool award through production runoff and PPAP approval.
• Track tool build status and milestone adherence.
• Conduct tool trials and first article inspections.
• Evaluate dimensional and process capability data from tool-sourced parts.
• Drive corrective action on tooling-related non-conformances.
• Oversee tooling asset register and coordinate Engineering Change at tool level.
• Support capacity verification activities and collaborate with Purchasing/Program Management to protect budgets and timing.
• Mentor SQEs on tooling evaluation methods and supplier engagement strategies.

Skills

8+ years tooling

GD&T

CMM data

tooling design and runoff

vendor management

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

GD&T drawings

tool drawings

Job description

Slate is seeking a Senior Supplier Tooling Engineer-Stamping in Troy, Michigan, to own tooling across all commodities from award to PPAP readiness. You will track milestones, run tool trials, and lead corrective actions for tooling-related issues.

You will mentor SQEs and coordinate with Purchasing and Program Management to protect budgets and timelines, ensuring production-ready tooling at each program milestone.