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Tool & Die Specialist - Level 4/5 (2nd Shift)

SpaceX· Materials Engineering - Starlink Operations - BA
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Tool and Die Specialist to commission, maintain, and repair internal injection molding, die-casting, and stamping tools; supports production and maintenance with troubleshooting and tooling changes.

Responsibilities

  • Maintenance, repair, and modification of molds for plastic injection and die casting of various sizes
  • Responsible for the correct disassembly and assembly of molds in a safe, efficient, and timely manner
  • Repair and/or fabricate cores, cavities, and various other components
  • Hand work repairs to part details, parting lines, lifters, slides, polished cavities, texture, venting, and spotting
  • Support production and maintenance with troubleshooting
  • Create and maintain mold spare parts lists
  • Identify and implement proactive systems to achieve consistent reduction in manufacturing defects and productivity concerns
  • Support design engineering to evaluate feasibility and implementation of tooling changes to accommodate part change
  • Assist process engineering with part processing and troubleshooting for ongoing scrap reduction, cycle time reduction and downtime reduction

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • 5+ years of hands-on technician experience with tool maintenance and/or repair with plastic injection molds

Skills

Required:Tool and mold maintenance and repairDisassembly and reassembly of moldsTroubleshooting in production and maintenanceSparks of fabrication and modificationMold spare parts managementProblem solving and proactive improvementsCollaboration with design and process engineering
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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