Tooling Engineer – Aerospace CAD & Production Support

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 57,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks an Associate/Tooling Engineer (Level 1) or Tooling Engineer (Level 2) to join our Mississippi team. The role focuses on tooling for composite part fabrication, with shifts on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM, including a 30-minute lunch.

You will manage tooling projects from concept to implementation, perform 3D CAD work (NX), and interact with safety, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to meet program requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with relevant engineering experience or equivalent.
• Strong communication and project management skills.
• Experience with CAD systems and tooling design is required or preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide tooling disposition for discrepant tooling and support critical production builds.
• Coordinate between shifts to maintain production flow and tooling maintenance.
• Lead tooling design tasks including 3D modeling, drafting, and vendor coordination.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

3D CAD systems

Free-body-diagram analysis

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM (optional)

Tools

NX

CAD software

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks an Associate/Tooling Engineer (Level 1) or Tooling Engineer (Level 2) to join our Mississippi team. The role focuses on tooling for composite part fabrication, with shifts on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM, including a 30-minute lunch.

You will manage tooling projects from concept to implementation, perform 3D CAD work (NX), and interact with safety, engineering, manufacturing and suppliers to meet program requirements.