Tooling Design Engineer — Injection Tools

Precision Castparts Corp.; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonus plan

Paid time off

10 holidays per year

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. in California seeks a Product Engineer - Tool Design to own the wax injection tool building process from concept to production.

You will coordinate with engineering resources to build on time, high quality tooling and support back-end manufacturing and product engineering as needed. The role requires 3+ years in engineering, a degree in engineering, solidWorks/NX experience, and strong project management.

Qualifications

• Prefer 3+ years’ experience in Engineering or Operations, preferably in an investment casting environment.
• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in engineering.
• Significant project management experience is highly desired.
• High level of competence in SolidWorks (preferred), Unigraphics/NX.
• Familiarity with gage concepts.
• Experience using inspection equipment such as surface plate, height stand, indicators, optical comparator.
• Knowledge of casting blueprint GD&T and interpretation of complex drawings.
• Mechanically inclined.
• Must have demonstrated ability to work with cross functional technical resources.
• Must have good understanding of data processing, MS Excel.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of Tooling including project management, status, design approval, etc.
• Produce tooling build instructions meeting industry and PCC standards, coordinating needs between supplier and internal engineers.
• Maintain close contact with customers, planners, vendors, tool vendors, and schedulers to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Track and manage activities for new and replacement tools across accounts; coordinate with customer, vendor, internal tool shop, and product engineering.
• Serve as primary contact for tooling and gauging, including reception of models, quotations, vendor selection, and POs.
• Organize and maintain tooling records and coordinate customer owned tooling inventories.
• Provide technical support for Product & Quality Engineers, Sales, and Manufacturing on tooling or dimensional issues.
• Ensure milestones support customer commitments within quoted costs.
• Coordinate design, build and source inspection of new/reworked gauges and fixtures at outside vendors.
• May participate in cost reduction initiatives as part of a multi-discipline team.
• Other duties aligning with tooling needs, including 6S, safety, or cost-take-out actions.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Mechanical aptitude

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Unigraphics/NX

Job description

Precision Castparts Corp. in California seeks a Product Engineer - Tool Design to own the wax injection tool building process from concept to production.

You will coordinate with engineering resources to build on time, high quality tooling and support back-end manufacturing and product engineering as needed. The role requires 3+ years in engineering, a degree in engineering, solidWorks/NX experience, and strong project management.