Lead, Tool Design Engineer

Huntsville, AL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Lead Tool Design Engineer

Job Code: 34088

Job Location: Huntsville AL- AMF North or South

Job Schedule:9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a Lead Tool Design Engineer to join our team at our growing AMF facility in Huntsville AL. Manual and semi-automated tooling such as jigs fixtures molds mandrels and lifting devices are all required in the fabrication and assembly of solid fuel rocket motors. Tool Engineers are responsible to define all of these items. The role of Tool Engineering is mixture of design structural analysis project management and hands on manufacturing.

Essential Functions:

Work with cross functional teams define tool requirements.
Design using PTC Creo and Windchill in accordance with principles of Design for Manufacturability.
Use finite element analysis (FEA) methods and tools to perform structural analysis of tools in order to predict internal stresses and resolve structural instabilities.
Lead design reviews with cross functional teams to obtain approval of tool designs.
Oversee procurement and fabrication of tooling.
Work with Manufacturing Engineers to perform functional evaluations and acceptance of the tooling.
Perform liaison support for tool maintenance by identification of tool problems design of repairs and implementation of modifications.

Perform GD&T and complex system tolerance analysis.

Ability to obtain a US security clearance.
Travel: 5%.

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 9years of prior mechanical engineering designexperience. A Graduate Degree or equivalent with minimum of 7 years prior mechanical engineering design lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior mechanical engineering design experience.
5 years experience design of tooling ground support equipment or special test equipment.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience with Creo is strongly preferred.
Siemens NX is preferred.
Experience with ANSYS is preferred.
Fabrication experience is preferred.
Composite Wind tool design and/or fabrication experience is preferred.
Compression Mold tool design and/or fabrication experience is preferred.
Experience working in the defense industry is desired.

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