TOOL DESIGN ENGINEER - Experience Required

Hi-Tek Manufacturing is searching for an experienced Tool Design Engineer who wishes to advance his or her career in advanced manufacturing technology by executing a higher level of workmanship. Hi-Tek offers competitive wages and a full benefit package which includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, 9 paid holidays per year, paid vacation time, 401K plan with company match, HSA & Flex Spending programs, supplemental health plans, and more! Hi-Tek offers a clean, climate-controlled environment and we believe in quality and safety above all else.

Shift: Monday thru Friday 8am to 5pm Salary/Exempt position

Hi-Tek is a Drug-Free Workplace and conducts pre-employment drug and background screening and random drug screening.

Essential Duties and Tasks

Reporting to the Tool Room Supervisor, the Tool Designer designs complicated dies, tools, gauges, jigs, and fixtures. Works from process sheets and parts prints. Studies parts prints and operation sheets to design tooling for maximum economy of operation consistent with machine limitations, quantities to be produced and close tolerance specifications. Requires thorough knowledge of manufacturing methods and machine shop practices, sufficient knowledge of mathematics to solve design problems, the ability to originate ideas and incorporate them into the design. May utilize computer-aided design techniques to perform applicable design work

Essential Tasks:

• Design simple/straightforward tooling that is as practical and cost-effective as possible while meeting the needs of the process and the cost/timing commitments made to customers.
• Able to visualize in 3D and communicate using spatial reasoning.
• Maintain working knowledge of tool design within 3-D Graphics.
• Plan, conduct research, and implement engineering on complex tooling projects.
• Create and maintain BOMs, part numbers, prints and other technical documentation necessary to manufacture and operate tooling.
• Participate in product and tooling design reviews and critique designs from a technical perspective, including Design for Manufacturability. Coordinate with a cross-functional team on tooling projects.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of tooling processes to reduce production downtime, improve efficiency, manufacturing, product design and suppliers/customers. Convey information clearly and effectively through formal and informal documents.
• Support other Engineers on significant projects.
• Any other duties needed to help drive our vision, fulfill our mission, and abide by our organization’s values
• Follow all Hi-Tek policies and procedures, including the use of proper PPE

Education and Experience:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent discipline preferred. Equivalent experience in a directly related role will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 5 or more years of experience in tool design with an emphasis on tool holding fixtures.
• Proficiency in Siemens NX.
• Knowledge of GD&T dimensioning and SPC.
• Experience with developing new tooling designs or major design upgrades for various types of tooling.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Must be a United States Citizen, or a US Permanent Resident

Key Competencies:

• Teamwork - Open Communication
• Accountability - Stewardship
• Action-Oriented - Trustworthiness
• Safety Perspective - Complex Problem Solving
• Resolution-Mindset - Time Management

Physical Demand Levels:

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.
• Will climb stairs occasionally when conferring with engineers
• Will be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, bend, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Light to moderate lifting may be required.
• Moderate noise (e.g., business office open space with computers, phone, printers, light traffic)
• Perform under AS9100 standards