Manufacturing Toolmaker

Job Title: Tool and Die Design Engineer

This role focuses on reviewing and optimizing tool and die designs for automotive metal stamping, ensuring parts are feasible to manufacture, processes are efficient, and tooling meets customer and industry standards. You will collaborate closely with overseas tooling partners and internal teams, using advanced simulation and CAD tools to improve manufacturability, quality, and cost-effectiveness across progressive, tandem, and transfer dies.

Analyze Autoform simulations produced by overseas tooling partners to assess the feasibility of stamped parts and identify potential forming issues.

Evaluate process layouts provided by overseas tooling partners to ensure they meet specifications, blank size requirements, and production constraints.

Review die designs to confirm compliance with customer requirements, industry quality standards, and internal best practices.

Verify that die designs are compatible with existing production equipment and tooling standards.

Propose design modifications to enhance die functionality, performance, and reliability throughout the stamping process.

Use CAD viewing tools such as NX, Catia, and Spinfire to review, interpret, and validate tooling and die designs.

Collaborate with diverse, international teams, including overseas tooling partners, to clarify requirements, resolve design issues, and align on solutions.

Prepare and present clear documentation, reports, and recommendations using Microsoft Office tools to support design reviews and decision-making.

Contribute technical input to process layout evaluations, strip layout reviews, and die design assessments to support efficient production and consistent quality.

5+ years of experience in an engineering or die design role, or at least 3+ years of engineering experience combined with previous toolmaker background.

• Proven experience in tool and die for automotive metal stamping, including progressive, tandem, and transfer dies.
• Proficiency with CAD viewing tools such as NX, Catia, and Spinfire.
• Solid understanding of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and its application in tooling and part design.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills for effective collaboration with diverse, international teams.
• Experience evaluating strip layouts for automotive metal stamping processes.

Hands-on experience reviewing and validating die designs from external or overseas tooling partners.

Experience in tool and die design engineering within the automotive sector.

Familiarity with stamping operations and tooling design best practices.

Interest in contributing to a growing business with expanding programs across multiple automotive customers.

This is a Permanent position based out of Roseville, MI.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Comprehensive Benefits Package: 401(k) with company match, health insurance, dental, and vision coverage. Career Growth Opportunities: Join a growing company that supports professional development. Flexible work arrangements in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. Application Deadline

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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