Tooling Engineer II

Essential Functions:

Howmet Fastening Systems (HFS) is seeking a Tooling Engineer II in our Tucson, AZ location. HFS is a business unit of Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Torrance, California. The Tooling II Engineer is responsible for the design, prototyping and debugging of blind fastener tooling. They support testing, qualification and manufacturing implementation of new designs or derivatives of existing designs. The Tooling Engineer will also support new product development to ensure manufacturability, new machine selection development, and industrialization.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Development of tooling design concepts in response to requirements defined by product engineering and manufacturing and concept layouts on SolidWorks

• Completes dimensional, metallurgical and functional analysis to predict tooling function and life

• Produce detailed drawings of tooling components and assemblies.

• Definition of manufacturing methods and tooling

• Debugging of prototype or pre-production tooling

• Support of new product production implementation

• Coordination with tooling vendor’s materials, fabrication and design issues

• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement on a daily basis by demonstrated performance and results. Take the initiative to resolve tooling issues without supervision

• Facilitates the resolution of tooling issues with production teams

• Helps to ensure that quality and standards for the department are adhered to and maintained

• Assumes other special activities and responsibilities from time to time as required

• Adheres to Howmet EH&S, Quality, Continuous Improvements and other Company Policies

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Metallurgical Engineering or other applicable focus or 9 years of related work experience.

Minimum 5 years’ experience in metal working industry (preferably fastener).

Must be proficient in CAD design software (preferably SolidWorks)

Record of achievement in tooling design and testing.

Must have experience in high precision metal forming, product and process failure analysis. Must have a demonstrated record of achievement in problem solving.

Must be organized and able to multitask.

Skilled in use of personal computers with emphasis on analytical and design software.