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Key Responsibilities

- Define assembly philosophy, assembly stages, datum strategy, and tooling concepts for aerospace structural assemblies.
- Participate in CFT reviews to determine assembly sequence, tooling requirements, manufacturing feasibility, and risk mitigation plans.
- Lead assembly fixture design activities from concept, detailed design, analysis, manufacturing, validation, and customer buy-off.
- Guide tool design engineers on locating, clamping, tolerance control, ergonomic requirements, maintainability, and manufacturability.
- Perform and review GD&T; analysis, tolerance stack-up studies, variation analysis, and dimensional control plans.
- Establish tooling validation criteria and ensure fixture rigidity, repeatability, dimensional stability, and process capability.
- Drive structural, ergonomic, accessibility, and assembly feasibility studies to achieve safe and productive operations.
- Plan and prioritize tooling projects, allocate resources, and monitor execution against program milestones.
- Track daily and weekly plan versus actual status, highlight risks, forecast challenges, and implement recovery actions.
- Interface with customers during technical reviews, design approvals, qualification activities, and final tool acceptance.
- Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality, Metrology, Production, Procurement,



and Tool Manufacturing teams to ensure successful tool delivery.
- Support tool prove-out, dimensional validation, capability demonstration, and production release.
- Mentor and develop tooling engineers, standardize best practices, and strengthen organizational capability in aerospace tooling.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, or Production Engineering.
- Significant experience in aerospace assembly tooling, fixtures, jigs, industrialization, or manufacturing engineering.
- Proven leadership experience in customer-facing tooling programs.

Key Technical Competencies

- Aerospace Assembly Fixture Design
- GD&T; and Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis
- Datum Management and Dimensional Control
- Assembly Process Engineering
- Structural and Rigidity Assessment of Fixtures
- Ergonomic and Manufacturing Feasibility Studies
- CATIA V5 / 3DEXPERIENCE
- Tool Validation and Customer Buy-Off
- Metrology and Laser Tracker Applications
- Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving
- Project Planning and Resource Management
- Aerospace OEM Standards and Requirements

Key Success Indicators

- First-time-right tooling solutions
- On-time tool delivery and customer approval
- Consistent dimensional conformity and assembly quality
- Effective risk forecasting and program execution
- Strong team capability development and customer satisfaction

📌 Assembly Tool Design Lead - Aerospace Tooling (Bengaluru)
🏢 Mahindra Aerostructures
📍 Bengaluru