Tooling Engineer, Welding
Los Angeles, CA$115k - $170kFull-timePosted 5d ago
About the role
Role designing and building fixtures and tooling for welding of aerospace, defense, and naval parts, from concept to production, including manual and robotic welding contexts at the Los Angeles weld development facility.
Responsibilities
- Design weld fixtures and tooling, including locating and clamping fixtures, positioner tooling, and purge, backing, and chill tooling, from concept through detailed drawings.
- Validate tooling designs with FEA and hand calculations for load, stiffness, and thermal effects during welding.
- Manage tool fabrication with internal shops and outside vendors, then prove out, verify, and release each tool to production.
- Work with welding engineers and welders on the floor to control distortion, improve fit-up, and make tools easy and safe to use.
- Design and adapt tooling for robotic welding cells and positioners to support our move toward weld automation.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Welding Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience, with 4+ years designing tooling in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience designing weld fixtures or tooling, or a combined background in both welding and tooling design.
- Track record of taking tools from CAD into production and supporting them through prove-out and continuous improvement.
- Proficiency in 3D CAD (SolidWorks, NX, or CATIA) and GD&T, plus FEA or static analysis to validate tooling under real-world conditions.
- Working knowledge of welding processes, weld distortion, and material selection for tooling exposed to high heat and high loads.
Skills
Required:3D CAD proficiencyFEA / static analysisWelding tooling design
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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