Role & responsibilities

- Design Review &
- Gate Approval Support

- Lead and support Gate 0 and Gate 1 Design Reviews for sheet metal tooling, welding fixtures, gauges, and checking fixtures.

- Evaluate tooling concepts for feasibility, manufacturability, maintainability, safety, and process capability.

- Ensure design compliance with customer specifications, internal standards, and project requirements.

- Provide technical recommendations and approval inputs during review meetings.

- Track and close design review observations before progressing to the next project gate.

- GD&T; Review and Validation

- Review and validate GD&T; (Geometric Dimensioning &
- Tolerancing) requirements on tooling, welding fixtures, gauges, and checking fixtures.

- Ensure fixture locating schemes meet datum structures and dimensional control requirements.

- Guide design teams on interpretation and application of GD&T; standards.

- Verify measurement and inspection concepts to ensure part quality and dimensional accuracy.

3.

Tooling

Layout &

- Engineering Guidance

- Provide technical direction on tooling layouts, fixture concepts, and design methodologies.

- Optimize tool and fixture layouts for accessibility, ergonomics, cycle time, and maintenance.

- Review and approve locating principles, clamping concepts,



and fixture mechanisms.

- Support standardization initiatives and implementation of best practices across projects.

4.

Material

Selection &

- Cost Optimization

- Guide engineering teams on appropriate material selection for tooling, fixtures, gauges, and wear components.

- Ensure optimum usage of materials while maintaining functionality, durability, and quality standards.

- Recommend cost-effective manufacturing solutions without compromising performance.

- Support value engineering and cost reduction initiatives.

5.

Technical

Mentoring &

- Capability Development

- Mentor and train design engineers on fixture design standards, GD&T;, tolerance stack-up, and tooling best practices.

- Develop design checklists, standards, and lessons learned for organization-wide use.

- Support technical problem-solving during design, manufacturing, assembly, and tryout stages.

- Manufacturing &
- Quality Support

- Support manufacturing teams during tool build, assembly, trials, and buy-off stages.

- Analyze and resolve tooling-related issues impacting quality, productivity, and repeatability.

Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and customer requirements.

📌 Tool Engineer (Subject Matter Expert) (Pune)
🏢 Magna International
📍 Pune