Key Accountabilities

1. Aerospace Tooling & Fixture Design
- Design and develop drilling fixtures, welding fixtures, inspection fixtures, assembly fixtures, special-purpose tooling for aerospace applications
- Create 3D CAD models, detailed manufacturing drawings, GD&T; requirements, and BOMs in compliance with aerospace standards
- Ensure fixture designs achieve required positional accuracy, repeatability, and process capability for aircraft components and assemblies
- Perform tolerance stack-up analysis and design validation to meet aerospace dimensional requirements

2. Manufacturing & Assembly Support
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality, Design Engineering, and Production teams to define tooling requirements
- Support part/assembly manufacturing processes including drilling, riveting, fastening, bonding, sealing, 3D trimming, Welding and assembly operations
- Provide technical support during tool fabrication, assembly, qualification, and production deployment
- Troubleshoot tooling-related issues affecting product quality, schedule,



or manufacturing efficiency

3. Tool Qualification & Validation
- Lead tooling tryouts, capability studies and validation activities
- Ensure tooling complies with process and quality requirements and as per design specifications
- Support root cause analysis and corrective actions related to tooling and assembly deviations
- Develop acceptance criteria and qualification documentation for current tooling

4. Project Management
- Coordinate with suppliers, machine shops, metrology teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure project milestones are achieved
- Manage tooling schedules, budgets, risks, and engineering changes

5. Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve tooling performance, ergonomics, reliability, maintainability, and cycle time
- Implement Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives within tooling design
- Standardize tooling concepts and best practice

📌 Tooling Designing Engineer (India)
🏢 ITP Aero
📍 India