Job description:

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

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