Tooling & Fixturing Engineer: Precision Fixtures & Jigs

Empregara; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a tooling engineer in New York to design the tooling and fixtures used in manufacturing, from concept through proving. You will manage welding fixtures, assembly jigs, and lifting tools, while tracking lifecycle and ensuring safe handling of heavy parts.

We value candidates who have designed production tooling for fabrication or assembly, perform stack-ups, prove fixtures with capability studies, and implement mistake-proofing.

Qualifications

• You've designed production tooling and fixtures for fabrication or assembly, and they're still in use.
• You do stack-ups properly and your fixtures hold tolerance at rate.
• You've proven fixtures with capability studies, not eyeballs.
• You design mistake-proofing in rather than inspecting errors out.
• You revise fast when the product changes.
• Bonus: Weld fixture design. GD&T depth. SolidWorks or Inventor. Lifting device design standards.

Responsibilities

• Design the tooling and fixtures the factory builds with: weld fixtures, assembly jigs, and lifting and handling tools.
• Own fixtures from concept through proving: tolerance stack-ups, repeatability studies, and sign-off.
• Manage the tooling lifecycle: maintenance, calibration, revisions, and the register that tracks it all.
• Design for the operator: fast loading, mistake-proofing, and safe handling of heavy parts.

Skills

Tooling design

Fixtures design

Tolerance analysis

Fixture capability studies

Mistake-proofing

Design for manufacturability

Welding fixture design

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Lifting device design

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking a tooling engineer in New York to design the tooling and fixtures used in manufacturing, from concept through proving. You will manage welding fixtures, assembly jigs, and lifting tools, while tracking lifecycle and ensuring safe handling of heavy parts.

We value candidates who have designed production tooling for fabrication or assembly, perform stack-ups, prove fixtures with capability studies, and implement mistake-proofing.