Engineer - Manufacturing Tooling

Varstaff is searching for an Engineer - Manufacturing Tooling II/III (Req ) to support a private rocket program (New Glenn production) at Rocket Park in Cape Canaveral, FL.

About the Role

This is a one-year assignment (15 openings). You will design and deliver the tooling that builds and moves launch vehicle hardware, managing tooling projects from concept through commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Design simple tooling for the New Glenn program: assembly fixtures, material-handling equipment, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers and custom machinery.
• Create CAD models and drawings per ASME Y14.5.
• Manage tooling projects end to end: concept, vendor selection, procurement, fabrication, inspection, installation, proof testing and commissioning.
• Perform root cause analysis on tooling and manufacturing issues.

Required Qualifications

• BS in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience in tooling design, fabrication and procurement.
• CAD experience, including Creo Parametric and Windchill.
• GD&T and basic hand calculations.
• 3+ years of direct manufacturing experience.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, green card holder, refugee or asylee.

Desired Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial or aerospace engineering.
• Design for manufacture and assembly (DFM/DFA) and rate production experience.
• Tolerance stack-up analysis.
• CNC, welding, sheet metal and rigging knowledge.
• FEA experience with ANSYS.

Prescreen Questions

• Walk us through a specific tool that you personally designed and released.
  • How did you define the requirements?
  • What constraints did you have to deal with? (Fabrication capabilities, cost, schedule)
• Describe an engineering analysis you performed to validate a tooling design.
  • What method of analysis did you use? (FEM, hand calcs)
  • Define the load cases you checked.
• Walk us through how you verified that a tool you designed met its requirements.
  • What were the key requirements, and where did they come from?
  • Did you push back on or negotiate any of them?