Position Title:Design Engineer
Reports To: Tooling and Engineering Manager (204)
Approved:7/26/2018 (MR)
Summary:The Design Engineer is active in all Pre-Design, Design and Process Release stages of new tooling jobs. The Design Engineer may estimate and design new tooling.
Job Functions:
- Creates a process of a new tooling production job including all operations needed to produce the customer's part
- Processes Direct buy/Subcontract assignments for tooling orders upon completion of the designs
- Determines sequence and number of die stages in which single or progressive cutting, punching, and forming will be accomplished, and type of dies required to produce a complete part, based on knowledge of dies, forming processes, and machines
- Organizes and schedules Pre-Design and Process Release meetings
- Surveys and qualifies outside vendors for designing and building of dies
- Responsible for customer engineering changes and blueprint revision notifications
- Responsible for file storage and transfer of die designs and CNC programs
- Estimates tooling costs using customer information, material and labor costs and any outside source work. Inputs all information in ERP System including prices and sources
- Follow all applicable safety policies and procedures when working in the plant
- (May) observe a setup and/or tryout of a newly developed die in a production machine to determine need for re-design or readiness for production use
- Ability to reverse engineer and create electronic prints of existing die sets
Job Requirements:
- Bachelors preferred otherwise Trade school or minimum 5 year experience required
- Proficient in Solidworks, Excel, Word, and AutoCAD
- Accommodation as required for reading computer screens, instruments, blue prints and documents
- Ability to monitor machine sounds to identify and diagnose changes in order to take appropriate action
Working Conditions and Physical Demands: the employee is subject to:
- High noise levels from operating machines
- Physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts
- Breathing fumes, dust and mist
- Skin exposure to oils and cutting fluid
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