Tooling Process Engineer: Tool Life & Efficiency

AISIN World Corp. of America; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AISIN North Carolina is seeking a Tooling Engineer to analyze and improve tooling processes, support production needs, and enhance tool life and cut efficiency. You will develop regrind workflows, inspect wear, and train teams on new regrind and gear measurement procedures.

Responsibilities include creating tooling programs, implementing kaizens, and reducing tooling costs while ensuring quality and performance status across multiple plants.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in an engineering role.
• Strong knowledge of tooling processes and PFMEA.
• Experience with root cause analysis and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Create programs to regrind used round tools such as drills, reamers, end mills, etc. for carbide and PCD material to ensure tool quality & lowest cycle time.
• Develop “Tool Regrind Workflow” system to ensure reground quality and to foolproof no skipping and mixing drills for each plant. Train team members in Tool Regrind Workflow and new regrinding processes.
• Develop system to inspect and record tool wear for each used tool to increase tool accuracy and efficiency.
• Create Regrind Inspection Report for all regrind tools.
• Train team members to make proper adjustments to achieve reground tool quality.
• Support gear products such as making programs/inspections for new products. Install measurement programs to inspection machines for new products. Train team members how to read and understand gear measurement reports.
• Work with Regrind GL, TM to monitor and improve daily productivity.
• Responsible for ensuring that new tooling is accurately evaluated and analyzed for performance status.
• Implement kaizens to improve tooling metrics.
• Reduction of tooling cost.
• Create documentation for changes to processes and equipment.

Skills

Tooling processes

PFMEA

Statistical analysis

Root cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Education

BS/Engineering or equivalent experience

Job description

AISIN North Carolina is seeking a Tooling Engineer to analyze and improve tooling processes, support production needs, and enhance tool life and cut efficiency. You will develop regrind workflows, inspect wear, and train teams on new regrind and gear measurement procedures.

Responsibilities include creating tooling programs, implementing kaizens, and reducing tooling costs while ensuring quality and performance status across multiple plants.