Tool Design Engineer jobs in Saint Louis, MO

Position Description

• Interface with engineering/toolroom to review all mold design concepts for tooling feasibility and production optimization. Make recommendations to optimize part and tooling design.
• Participate in engineering part and tool design reviews to reach a final product and tooling design that is capable of meeting customer requirements.
• Kick off and track all new mold tooling projects, conduct tool design reviews with the tool shop, approve details of the tool design, and ensure that tool standards are utilized.
• Work with engineering, quality, and the tool shops to ensure that the tool can produce parts to print.
• Provide manufacturing engineering assistance in the setup, verification, and launch of all new tools.
• Develop work instructions for new and existing tools.
• Assist process engineering/production in the troubleshooting of current production tools. Determine, schedule, track, and confirm the results of the corrective actions implemented.
• Input and maintain the history of all mold maintenance and repairs done on all assigned tools.
• Continually develop and update the tooling standards as a team within the tooling group
• Find and implement state-of-the-art tooling techniques.
• Participate as a member of the program launch teams to report and update all team members on tooling issues, timing, and cost
• Must be able to monitor and track multiple tools on an ongoing basis from launch through production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline desired.
• 5 years' experience in design and development of wax injection molding tools desired.
• Experience with investment casting industry is a plus.
• Excellent ability for internal and external relationships and communication is a must.
• Ability to use CAD software for part and tool design reviews required. Solidworks preferred.