Sheet Metal Tooling & Fixture Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Join Phoenix Stamping as a Sheet Metal Tooling & Fixture Design Engineer

You’ll step into a fast-paced manufacturing environment where precision engineering fuels real-world results across North America. From our facilities in Atlanta, GA; Fort Wayne, IN; and Fort Worth, TX, we produce sheet metal and rod products trusted by customers in diverse industries. Our motto says it all: “Customers first, employees always!”

A Day in the Life

Your morning begins with part samples on your bench and customer drawings on your screen. You evaluate critical characteristics and intended function, then translate those needs into robust, manufacturable designs. By midday, you’re building 3D part models in Autodesk Inventor, running tolerance stack-ups with full GD&T, and shaping the tooling and check fixtures that will make repeatable quality possible. You’ll document every detail, maintain ERP part data, and prepare design packages for internal and external stakeholders.

As projects advance, you lead APQP activities, prototype builds, testing and validation. You own first-article verification to approved designs, and you drive proactive design improvements for manufacturability, repeatability, and cost efficiency. You’re in the plant often—supporting manufacturing through Kata and continuous improvement—while ensuring adherence to our Design and Drawing manuals. You close the day aligning teams in Engineering Design Reviews and Project Status Meetings, coordinating engineering change requests, and scanning emerging technologies to guide R&D.

Reports to: Design Engineering Manager

What You’ll Do

• Evaluate customer documentation and part samples for critical attributes and functional intent
• Lead and contribute to advanced product quality planning (APQP)
• Create 3D part models and associated data for upstream/downstream usage
• Design tooling and check fixtures to support production
• Produce part, tooling, and fixture drawings and release packages
• Create and maintain ERP part data to enable manufacturing
• Validate first articles against approved designs
• Perform tolerance stack-ups; ensure complete GD&T application
• Develop prototypes; oversee testing and validation activities
• Serve as project launch lead from kickoff to completion
• Transform concepts into viable engineering solutions; spearhead design-for-manufacture improvements
• Support on-time new product launches to the production floor
• Participate in Engineering Design Reviews and Project Status Meetings
• Ensure compliance with Phoenix Stamping Design and Drawing manuals
• Investigate and coordinate engineering changes with cross-functional teams
• Support the Engineering department and take on related duties as needed
• Engage in Kata and other CI practices to actively support manufacturing
• Stay current with new technologies and industry trends; lead R&D initiatives

What You Bring

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology
• 3–5+ years of mechanical design experience
• Deep knowledge of metal stamping processes, sheet metal design rules, and DFM
• Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor (or similar 3D CAD) and Autodesk Vault (or similar PLM)
• Strong communication skills; proficient in Microsoft Office
• Self-directed, organized, team-oriented, customer-focused, accountable
• Comfortable being hands-on in a manufacturing setting
• Skilled in GD&T, CAD/CAM, blueprint reading, and mechanical design fundamentals

Tools & Technologies

• 3D Modeling: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor
• 2D Drawings and CAD/CAM tools
• PLM: Autodesk Vault or equivalent

Impact & Growth

We invest in highly automated manufacturing technologies and empower engineers to lead launches and improvements. You’ll influence product quality across North America while growing your technical and leadership skills.

Additional Information

Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC offers a drug-free work place along with a competitive salary and benefits package. We are an equal opportunity employer (EEO), dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identityor national origin and in compliance with ADAAA.