Manufacturing Tooling Engineer

The position is responsible for ensuring the optimal performance of the company's tools and dies. This includes maintaining and improving existing designs while utilizing the company's resources efficiently. Additionally, the role involves providing technical support to operations, serving as the area expert in die-cutting, forming, stamping, machining, and related processes.

• Analyze and implement solutions to resolve internal and external quality issues related to tools and dies.
• Define and oversee preventive and corrective maintenance for tools and dies.
• Manage, control, and ensure proper storage of tools and dies.
• Establish and monitor spare parts inventory for tools and dies, managing them within min-max levels.
• Provide support for First Article Inspections (FAI) and validate changes in operations.
• Propose design improvements for existing tools and dies based on application performance, aiming to enhance tool lifespan and product quality.
• Integrate poka-yoke mechanisms into tools to ensure personnel and equipment safety.
• Conduct cost control and reduction studies, applying Lean principles to optimize inventory management.
• Determine the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow to maximize the utilization of production facilities and personnel.

Education: A preferred professional degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering, or a diploma/equivalent in a technical field, with over 8 years of experience in tool and die expertise.

Experience: Proven experience in metalworking environments, specifically with tool and die applications.

Languages: Proficient in English, with the ability to read and interpret blueprints and technical specifications.

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Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Aerosystems is one of the world leaders in aviation systems dedicated to aircraft and helicopter safety, as well as fluid and fuel management. The company is a key player in the field of flight safety (oxygen, evacuation, floatation) and participates in the decarbonization of aviation through enabling sustainable alternative fuels and new engine architectures. It has 5,200 employees in 7 countries.