Casting Tooling Engineer
GE Aerospace
part-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead the identification, development, and improvement of tooling suppliers who support high-precision manufacturing for aerospace investment castings
- Evaluate, select, and develop both existing and emerging tooling suppliers
- Perform supplier capability audits, tooling health reviews, and technical maturity assessments
- Lead supplier improvement plans (technical coaching, tooling process improvements, inspection rigor, corrective actions)
- Perform proactive tooling design verification and manufacturability reviews
- Ensure translation of drawings, specifications, and casting requirements into production-ready tooling
- Provide hands-on technical guidance
- Develop and maintain tooling should-cost models
- Lead cost benchmarking and support commercial negotiations with data-backed cost structure insights
- Establish and track key metrics
- Drive corrective action initiatives with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Support tool qualification, trials, and PPAP/APQP processes where applicable
- Work with Design Engineering, Quality, NPI, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to align tooling requirements
- Drive continuous improvement programs
- Support 3D CAD modeling
- Validate supplier tooling models and ensure alignment to product requirements
- Create reusable standard work: supplier specs, tooling guides, lessons learned
- Document playbooks to scale supplier capability and reduce recurring issues
- Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
Requirements
- 6+ years in tooling design / tooling manufacturing / tooling supplier development (injection molding, die tooling, investment casting, or equivalent precision tooling fields)
- Hands-on tool design and manufacturing expertise; able to coach supplier toolmaker
- Strong 3D CAD skills (Creo, SolidWorks, NX or equivalent) for reviewing and validating tooling models
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years (casting tooling) experience + minimum of 3 years (casting tooling) experience
- 20+ years tooling experience with aerospace-grade investment casting tooling (wax injection dies and ceramic core dies)
- Proven experience developing and qualifying tooling suppliers, including capability assessments
- Demonstrated experience executing tooling cost models / should-cost analysis to support commercial decisions
- Investment casting engineering experience
- Expert-level GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis
- Must be able to travel domestically and internationally (25–50%)
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
- Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan
- A 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
- Tuition assistance
- Adoption assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time-off for vacation or illness
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
tooling designtooling manufacturingsupplier development3D CADCreoSolidWorksNXGD&Ttolerance stack-up analysisshould-cost analysis
Soft skills
technical coachinghands-on technical guidanceleadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeGED