Tooling Engineer, Starship Components (Materials Engineering)
Core
Design, manufacture, and certify tooling and equipment for advanced welding and joining processes on Starship/Super Heavy components, including regulators, valves, and actuators.
Role type
Tooling Engineer (Materials Engineering)
Builds
Welding fixtures, inspection equipment, and automated welding solutions for aerospace components.
Domain
Aerospace / Advanced Manufacturing / Welding Engineering
Required skills
Mechanical design, GD&T, CAD (NX/Solidworks/CATIA), welding process knowledge, structural analysis, manufacturing planning, equipment procurement, maintenance scheduling, DFMA.
Preferred skills
CNC/Robot programming for automated welding, tooling design for welded assemblies, high-production manufacturing experience, SQL/Python/C# development.
Technologies
NX, Solidworks, CATIA, ProE, SQL, Python, C#
Responsibilities
Design and manufacture welding fixtures for electron beam, laser beam, GTAW, and orbital tube welding; collaborate with design engineering to ensure tooling compatibility; create detailed models and engineering prints; perform hand calculations and analysis to size structures; create manufacturing planning; scope equipment procurement; create and evaluate asset maintenance schedules; support machine activation and development testing.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
