Sr Tooling Engineer
Role Overview
Lead tooling engineering activities for Magna Seating structural and mechanisms product divisions across North America.
Support delivery of high-quality components on schedule and within tooling and piece-price targets.
Provide technical leadership for metal-forming tooling and the Center of Excellence.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role Overview
Lead tooling engineering activities for Magna Seating structural and mechanisms product divisions across North America.
Support delivery of high-quality components on schedule and within tooling and piece-price targets.
Provide technical leadership for metal-forming tooling and the Center of Excellence.
Core Responsibilities
- Manage tooling engineers, tooling timelines, trackers, databases, progress reports, and weekly KPIs.
- Lead tooling design, costing, sourcing, fabrication, engineering changes, and vendor coordination.
- Approve strip layouts, blank sizes, metal-forming tooling, gauges, and tooling validation documentation.
- Coordinate FMEA, PPAP timing, supplier audits, and vendor tooling buyoffs.
- Support production quality, assembly and weld tooling, maintenance improvements, and preventive maintenance.
- Mentor engineers and deploy tooling best practices across North American divisions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent manufacturing or engineering education and experience, or technical college or certified apprenticeship background.
- Minimum five years of automotive manufacturing experience with metal fabrication, assembly processes, and related tooling.
- Knowledge of progressive dies, transfer dies, blank forming, tube forming, and roll forming; roll-forming knowledge is required.
- Knowledge of tooling design, laser/MIG tooling, and advanced GD&T.
- Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and VISI.
- Strong communication, technical presentation, planning, system implementation, and team-oriented problem-solving skills.
- Ability to travel globally with a valid passport; travel is required.
- Fine-blanking knowledge is an asset.
Travel and Site Support
- The role supports vendors, suppliers, plants, and Magna divisions across North America.
- Supplier audits and other travel are required.
Quality and Compliance
Support ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, MAFACT, AODA, C-TPAT, and applicable safety procedures.
Ensure customer-specific requirements for Stellantis, Ford, and GM are addressed.
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