Tool Design Engineer, Chicago, IL

Full time 1st shift opportunity, competitive pay, benefits package, a 401-K, Holiday pay, and PTO. Advancement opportunities available.

Responsibilities:

• Create complete designs for manufacture of slide forming tooling, progressive stamping dies, assembly automations.
• Troubleshoot/optimize production tools.
• Good knowledge of cad systems: SolidEdge ( preferred),Solidworks, Autocad, etc.
• Job estimating and quoting
• Participate in design reviews, component reviews, and APQP with customers.
• Communicate directly with customer engineering and purchasing during the quote and design phases.
• Understand and apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Work with quality and production department to improve process and production performance
• Work with quality and production departments to implement 5S
• Assist in material review/corrective actions
• Maintain and updated production-related performance records.
• Tool and die bench experience helpful
• Spanish language skills helpful
• Must be highly computer literate.
• Be Organized, self-directed and creative

You should be proficient in:

• GD&T
• Production Setups
• Tool/Die/Fourslide
• Blueprint Reading
• Quality inspection
• CAD
• Product Design
• Lean Manufacturing

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• Fourslide
• Multislide
• Bihler
• Punch press
• CAD Software

Qualifications:

• Associates Degree in Tooling or;
• Minimum five years related Tool and Die experience in a tooling environment.
• Experience with slide forming machines
• Experience with assembly automations a plus
• Knowledge of manufacturing systems related to metal stampings.
• Technically inclined / Strong mechanical aptitude

Commitment to quality.