Tooling Designer

Project overview

Summary:

The Tooling Designer (m/f/d) develops and designs tooling and machinery for manufacturing, with a focus on cost, quality, and occupational safety.

Responsibilities

Must Haves:

Nice to Haves:

• Design and development of tooling, fixtures, machines, and systems.
• Creation of technical concepts, 3D CAD models, drawings, and parts lists.
• Selection and design of mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and automation components.
• Project support from requirements gathering through design to handover to production.
• Coordination of technical solutions with various stakeholders (production, quality, etc.).
• Verification of technical feasibility and consideration of safety requirements.
• Optimization of existing machines and tooling.
• Creation and maintenance of technical documentation.
• Support with trials, prototype construction, and functional tests.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant standards and guidelines.
• Technical training or further education in construction, mechanical engineering, or automation technology.
• Several years of experience in independent development of tooling.
• Good CAD skills, ideally in Solid Edge or similar.
• Good knowledge of technical drawings and manufacturing processes.
• Good German language skills, spoken and written.
• Experience in implementing automation projects.
• Knowledge of safety-related topics in the machine environment.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Duration: > 12 months
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Backnang, Germany, DE
• Languages: German