Sheet-Metal Stamping Design Engineer | AutoForm & CAD

Expert Connections; South Carolina; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, an established automotive supplier in Spartanburg, SC, is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer focused on manufacturability. This role emphasizes sheet-metal stamping, forming, CAD tooling, and simulation to improve production readiness and reduce ECOs.

You will evaluate customer designs, support RFQs, develop stamping dies and tooling, and collaborate with tool shops, manufacturing, and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with sheet-metal stamping/ forming processes.
• Automotive manufacturing experience.
• Understanding of stamping dies, tooling, forming/stretching, and manufacturing processes.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to evaluate designs for manufacturability.
• Experience with CATIA preferred or SolidWorks.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate customer designs for sheet-metal stamping, forming, assembly, and manufacturing feasibility.
• Analyze forming and stretching requirements and identify potential manufacturing risks.
• Review, modify, and compare customer CAD models to improve manufacturability.
• Support RFQs by developing manufacturing concepts, identifying tooling and equipment requirements, obtaining vendor quotes, and providing technical inputs for pricing.
• Support the development and modification of stamping dies, tooling, fixtures, and assembly equipment.
• Use AutoForm to perform sheet-metal forming simulations and evaluate manufacturing feasibility.
• Manage engineering changes involving tooling, materials, production requirements, bank builds, racks/containers, and scheduling.
• Collaborate with customers, tool shops, vendors, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, and other internal teams.
• Support projects from initial customer request through manufacturing implementation.

Skills

Sheet-metal stamping

Forming processes

Automotive manufacturing

Engineering judgment

Communication

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's Degree

Tools

CATIA

SolidWorks

AutoForm

Job description

Our client, an established automotive supplier in Spartanburg, SC, is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer focused on manufacturability. This role emphasizes sheet-metal stamping, forming, CAD tooling, and simulation to improve production readiness and reduce ECOs.

You will evaluate customer designs, support RFQs, develop stamping dies and tooling, and collaborate with tool shops, manufacturing, and suppliers.