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
Ability to do reverse design engineering

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:

Stamping & Tool Room Design Eng