Tooling Design Engineer in Greater Lansing Area, Michigan at Linn Products Inc.

Summary of Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs stamping dies and equipment that are necessary to manufacture customer products.

Essential Duties and Tasks:

• Implement stamping die, machines, fixtures and gauges from 3D design through to production support (i.e. CAD, PDM software, ordering of purchased components, communication and follow-up with vendors, etc.).
• Works jointly, and effectively, with the tooling, maintenance, controls, engineering, and any other relevant department to resolve issues that may arise during the tooling build phase, or afterwards.
• Communicate with vendors to determine if products meet technical requirements.
• Read and understand requirements of customer prints and GD&T.
• Supports the program manager by providing information as needed (i.e. tooling information to support the completion of customer tooling breakdown sheets, copies of designs for the completion of tooling verification forms, estimated completion dates for Gantt chart preparation, etc.).
• Ability to use SolidWorks 2D/3D CAD software.
• Additional tasks related to the position as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Four-year college or university program certificate; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements:

• An ability to perform the essential job functions consistently, safely, and successfully with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Communicate clearly with management and other personnel on critical concerns.