Principal Tooling Engineer
Core
Design, fabricate, and lead development of custom tooling, material handling systems, and production fixtures for high-power satellite buses and subsystems to support mass production and qualification testing.
Role type
Principal Tooling Engineer (Aerospace Manufacturing)
Builds
Custom tooling, ground support equipment, and production fixtures for multi-ton spacecraft
Domain
Aerospace / Satellite Manufacturing
Required skills
Mechanical design, FEA analysis, CAD design, hands-on fabrication, structural analysis, project management
Preferred skills
GD&T application, NX/Unigraphics, Teamcenter PLM, Simcenter 3D/Femap/Hypermesh, actuator/controls integration, clean room operations
Technologies
NX (Unigraphics), Teamcenter PLM, Simcenter 3D, Femap, Hypermesh, CAD, FEA
Responsibilities
Design and fabricate tooling and material handling systems for satellite bus and subsystems; Lead development of satellite subsystem production fixtures from kickoff through production; Drive hands-on development tooling, sizing, and structural analysis of ground support equipment; Support development of ground test setups and external customer tooling needs; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish product requirements and project schedules
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic ownership
