Tooling Engineer – Advanced Manufacturing (Onsite)

Conmet; Vancouver, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

ESOP/Stock ownership

401k with company match

Holidays

Wellness reimbursement

Job summary

ConMet's Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team is seeking a Tooling Engineer to design, develop, and improve tooling, fixtures, and inspection solutions for casting, machining, and manufacturing operations at our Vancouver, WA campus.

The role requires 5+ years in tooling or manufacturing engineering, with GD&T knowledge and strong problem-solving, communication, and project management skills. This onsite position requires travel up to 25% and relocation support is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in mechanical design, tooling, fixture design, or manufacturing engineering.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, materials, machining, casting, assembly, and inspection methods.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and understand GD&T.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
• Experience working in a high-volume manufacturing environment preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally, including Mexico.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing aids for production processes
• Support new product development and process changes with tooling concepts and implementation
• Apply DFM principles to improve product and process standardization
• Troubleshoot tooling and process issues; lead root-cause analysis as needed
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure tooling readiness and reliability
• Review part and process requirements to ensure tooling meets dimensional, functional, and safety standards
• Coordinate tooling trials, validation, run-off, and production launch support
• Maintain drawings, BOMs, and technical records related to tooling systems
• Support quoting, tooling estimates, vendor selection, and supplier coordination
• Participate in continuous improvement projects focused on cost, quality, safety, throughput, and scrap reduction

Skills

Tooling design

DFM principles

Root-cause analysis

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Manufacturing engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

GD&T

Job description

ConMet's Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team is seeking a Tooling Engineer to design, develop, and improve tooling, fixtures, and inspection solutions for casting, machining, and manufacturing operations at our Vancouver, WA campus.

The role requires 5+ years in tooling or manufacturing engineering, with GD&T knowledge and strong problem-solving, communication, and project management skills. This onsite position requires travel up to 25% and relocation support is available.