Senior Tooling Engineer, Stamping, Bracketery & Fabrication
Job Summary
Job Description
Zoox is seeking an experienced, action-oriented, and hands-on Tooling Engineer to ensure the tooling used to build their vehicle fleet is cost-effective, high-quality, and developed within sufficient lead time. Responsibilities include developing should-cost models for tooling, evaluating supplier quotes, validating manufacturing methods, and managing preferred tooling vendors. The role involves ensuring manufacturing of tooling meets Zoox standards (ISO 9001; IATF 16949), assisting supplier meetings, supporting cross-functional teams, conducting price negotiations, performing tooling buy-offs, and performing design reviews on tooling to ensure manufacturability. The engineer will track and update tooling records and travel domestically and internationally.
Must have:
- Technical degree with 6+ years of experience
- Experience in metal forming tooling manufacturing
- Ability to review tooling breakdown sheets
- Negotiate timing plans
- Monitor tooling production
- Conduct site visit reports
- Perform cross-functional reporting
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally
Good to have:
- Proficient in CAD (Catia V5/6)
- Experience in Design for Manufacturing
- Experience in SPC
- Experience in DFMEA
- Automotive industry experience
- Manage complex development programs with overseas vendors
Perks:
- Paid time off
- Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
- Amazon RSUs
- Health insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
2 skills required
Job Details
Zoox is seeking an experienced, action-oriented, and hands-on Tooling Engineer to ensure the tooling (mainly automotive bracketry and panels) used to build our vehicle fleet is cost-effective, high-quality, and developed within sufficient lead time. The role will include developing bottom-up should-cost models for tooling, evaluating supplier tooling quotes, validating the manufacturing methods of tooling, and identifying and managing preferred tooling vendors.
In this role you will:
- Ensure all manufacturing of tooling and fixtures meet Zoox standards (ISO 9001; IATF 16949)
- Assist the supplier meetings and support the Sourcing team and the Vehicle engineers as well as the supplier quality engineers on steel pressed and other metal manufacturing methods for parts and tooling
- Conduct tool price negotiation via the tooling breakdown sheets with the sourcing team and lead the tooling purchase with cross-functional teams to reduce the time spent in the RFQ phase
- Perform tooling and fixture buy-off in the supplier with the SQ engineer
- Perform design reviews on tooling with Tier 1 and Tier 2 toolmakers on tool design to ensure that all parts are manufacturable and have undergone an industrialization process
- Track and update tooling records with the relevant information
Qualifications
- Technical degree with 6+ years of hands-on experience in the manufacturing of metal forming tooling required
- Ability to perform and review tooling breakdown sheets, negotiate timing plans, and monitor tooling production
- Experience conducting and updating site visit reports, fortnightly reports, and cross-functional reporting within the business
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally
Bonus Qualifications
- Proficient in the use of CAD (Catia V5/6), Design for Manufacturing, SPC, and DFMEA
- Automotive industry preferred
- Experience in managing complex development programs with overseas tooling vendors
Compensation
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary, Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. The salary range for this position is $151,000 to $200,000. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling, as well as positioning within a level, is determined by a range of factors, including, but not limited to, a candidate's relevant years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave, vacation, bereavement), unpaid time off, Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights, Amazon RSUs, health insurance, long-term care insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
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