UAV Tooling & Fixture Designer I

AV; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 61,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

AV is seeking a Tool & Fixture Designer I to provide complete engineering design services for tooling used in production line assembly and fabrication of composite components for Small Unmanned Aircraft. The role involves creating fixtures, molds, hand tools, and equipment, and ensuring calibration and documentation per industry standards.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical design or equivalent experience, with 0–2 years of relevant work, and proficiency in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical design or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 0-2 years of relevant experience with bachelor's
• 1+ years hands-on experience in tool, electrical fixture design with proven results
• Ability to calculate material weights, perform stress and pressure analysis of tooling in design phase
• CAD software certification
• Strong computer skills including proficiency in Excel and Word
• Experience using computerized MRP/ERP systems

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, implements, monitors, orders and distributes tooling including assembly fixtures, fabrication fixtures, molds, hand tools and equipment
• Ensure all tooling and items requiring calibration are identified and accounted for within and outside of the facility
• Liaison to the Property Management group
• Perform inspection of tools and equipment for wear, defects, or damage
• Responsible for the Engineering tool inventory cage
• Documents/releases assembly & fabrication drawings per GD&T and industry standard drafting practices in compliance with ASME Y14.5 & Y14.100
• Provides technical expertise in mechanical & composite manufacturing processes, assembly processes
• Provides input to machine shop for tool path generation programming for machining of tools, fixtures, molds
• Supports tooling activities in areas of airframe design, structural analysis, suppliers, manufacturing, production, quality assurance, testing and tool fabrication
• Ergonomic considerations in design to ensure safe, effective, and improved productivity in use of tools
• Respond to audits on the conformance to established practices for all tools and fixtures, document findings, develop and deploy necessary corrective actions
• Create metrics for the tooling system and maintain version control over all tools and fixtures
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways, receiving little instruction on day-to-day work
• Provide guidance to junior level associates
• Other duties as assigned

Job description

AV is seeking a Tool & Fixture Designer I to provide complete engineering design services for tooling used in production line assembly and fabrication of composite components for Small Unmanned Aircraft. The role involves creating fixtures, molds, hand tools, and equipment, and ensuring calibration and documentation per industry standards.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical design or equivalent experience, with 0–2 years of relevant work, and proficiency in