We are seeking five experienced Senior Mechanical Designers to support automotive weld-tooling projects the engineering facility in Warren.
This is a tooling-design position, not an automotive product-design role. Candidates must have significant experience using CATIA to design weld tooling, fixtures, and automated assembly equipment.
Responsibilities
- Design automotive weld tooling and fixtures using CATIA.
- Develop 3D models, layouts, assemblies, details, and manufacturing drawings.
- Design tooling for automated automotive body-shop and welding applications.
- Incorporate clamps, pins, locating units, grippers, weld-gun access, sensors, and related tooling components.
- Review customer specifications and apply applicable tooling standards.
- Collaborate with project engineers, manufacturing-support teams, tool builders, and other designers.
- Support design reviews, engineering changes, build questions, and tooling corrections.
- Ensure designs are functional, manufacturable, and suitable for assembly and installation.
- Complete assigned projects in accordance with customer quality and timing requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of five years of automotive weld-tooling design experience.
- Professional experience using CATIA for mechanical tooling design.
- Experience designing weld fixtures, BIW tooling, body-shop equipment, or automated assembly tooling.
- Ability to develop and detail tooling—not simply modify automotive product components.
- Understanding of tooling construction, manufacturing, assembly, and design-for-build principles.
- Ability to interpret layouts, customer standards, specifications, and engineering drawings.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous Honda program or Honda tooling-standard experience.
- Experience with body-side, underbody, framing, geo, or respot tooling.
- Experience supporting designs through build, tryout, debug, or installation.
- Previous experience with an automotive automation or tooling integrator.
Please note: Candidates whose experience is primarily automotive product design, vehicle components, interiors, trim, Class-A surfaces, or product packaging will not be considered without substantial weld-tooling design experience.
