Tooling Engineer – High Pressure Die Casting
Location: Northeast Wisconsin – Onsite
Relocation: Available for qualified candidates
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Openings: Multiple
Compensation: $95,000 – $120,000 base salary, depending on experience
Potential flexibility for exceptional senior HPDC candidates
About the Opportunity:
Our client is a leading global automotive manufacturing company with a major High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) operation in Wisconsin. They are looking for an experienced Tooling Engineer who understands HPDC tooling from both an engineering and production perspective. This person will be responsible for supporting the development, design, troubleshooting, maintenance and continuous improvement of HPDC dies used in a high-volume automotive manufacturing environment. This is a hands-on, onsite manufacturing position. The successful candidate will work closely with production, engineering, tooling suppliers and other cross-functional teams to resolve tooling issues and improve die performance, uptime, quality and die life.
Key Responsibilities:- Develop, design, modify and maintain high-pressure die casting tooling
- Troubleshoot tooling and die-related issues directly within a production environment
- Analyze tooling downtime and dimensional data and develop corrective solutions
- Support improvements involving: Die filling
- Thermal balance
- VentingDie life
- Cooling/water systems
- Tooling reliability
- Dimensional repeatability
- Create and maintain tooling CAD, drawings, revisions and spare-part documentation
- Support new tool builds, modifications, cavity replacements and die components
- Work with tooling suppliers and internal manufacturing teams
- Participate in tooling design reviews and technical problem-solving
- Support PPAP and manufacturing acceptance activities
- Assist with tooling quotations, budgets, timelines and procurement
- Support production during tooling trials, launches and ongoing manufacturing
- Maintain accurate tooling documentation and revision control
- Work with cross-functional teams to improve quality, uptime and production performance
- Provide hands-on support when tooling issues require immediate attention
Required Qualifications:- The following are considered absolute requirements: Direct High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) tooling experienceExperience working with HPDC dies/tooling in an actual manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of die design and tooling
- Proficiency with CADExperience troubleshooting and modifying dies
- Ability to work directly with manufacturing/production teams
- Strong mechanical/tooling understanding
- Associate degree or equivalent technical education OR strong Journeyman Tool & Die Maker background
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work 100% onsite
- Ability to support production needs outside normal hours when required, including occasional evening/weekend support
Preferred Qualifications:- Automotive manufacturing experience
- Aluminum HPDC experienceDie casting tooling design
- Die repair/modification experienceDie cooling/water-line experience
- Venting and thermal-balance experienceDie filling knowledge
- Die-life improvement
- Flow simulation experience such as MAGMASOFT or similarPPAP/APQP experienceCMM/dimensional data experienceExperience with tooling suppliers and tool builds
- Siemens NX, CATIA, SolidWorks or similar CAD systemsCNC/toolmaking background
- Journeyman Toolmaker certification
RelocationCandidates outside the immediate area may be considered if they are genuinely willing to relocate to Northeast Wisconsin.
Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.
