Forward Deployed Engineer building and deploying Agentic AI solutions on Kinaxis Maestro. Partnering directly with supply - chain customers to improve operational outcomes and adoption.
About the role
- Senior Tooling Engineer managing metal-forming tooling, vendors, budgets, and quality for Magna’s automotive seating systems. Supporting North American plants, suppliers, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Manage and support Structural & Mechanisms Tooling Engineers on tooling and tooling-build timelines
- Ensure high-quality components are produced on time and cost-effectively across North America Structural & Mechanisms Product Divisions
- Promote current tooling technologies, product innovation, and continuous improvement
- Develop short- and long-term strategic tooling plans
- Manage and lead Magna’s Center of Excellence for metal-forming best practices
- Maintain and improve Center of Excellence documentation
- Manage new tooling and fixture vendor buy-offs and support production assembly tooling when required
- Lead design and costing activities for new business
- Analyze and approve tool-strip layouts, material optimization, and forming simulations
- Manage the tooling database, including supplier and Magna division audits across North America
- Report KPIs weekly
- Achieve tooling budgets, objectives, forecasts, and timelines
- Coordinate tooling fabrication, engineering changes, program requirements, and tooling implementation
- Develop tooling manuals, trackers, progress reports, and best practices
- Act as technical contact for tooling vendors
- Coordinate FMEA on new tooling
- Review and approve tooling blank sizes
- Address daily production quality issues involving stampings, sub-assemblies, and assembly tooling
- Ensure PPAPs are achieved on time
- Approve and sign off tooling and gauges using the Die/check fixture Validation Check list
- Quote tooling and piece prices by developing process and strip layouts
- Send RFQs to Purchasing, participate in sourcing decisions, and negotiate vendor pricing
- Work with engineers on simulations to develop formable parts
- Address customer requirements and serve as customer representative
- Support audits, ISO/IATF quality systems, environmental and health-and-safety standards
- Support manufacturing engineering, vendors, maintenance, purchasing, costing, and program management
- Mentor Structural Products divisions and deploy tooling best practices
- Conduct Center of Excellence meetings and manage metal-forming initiatives
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in Manufacturing or Engineering, or Community College graduate technical qualification and/or certified apprenticeship in tool & die/mold making or equivalent
- Minimum of five (5) years manufacturing experience in the automotive industry
- Familiarity with metal fabricating, assembly processes and related tooling
- Strong verbal, written, and technical presentation skills within multicultural environments
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and VISI
- Ability to travel globally with a valid passport
- Knowledge of progressive dies, transfer dies, blank forming, tube forming, and roll forming
- Capability and knowledge of tooling design
- Knowledge of laser/MIG tooling
- Advanced GD&T
- Roll forming knowledge is a requirement
- Knowledge of fine blanking is an asset
- Travel required
Benefits
- Engaging and dynamic work environment
- Support and resources for employee success
- Wide range of development prospects
- Global team environment
- Equal opportunity employer
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