ROLE SUMMARY The
Mechanical Manufacturing/Tooling Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and sustaining precision fixtures, pallets, and mechanical tooling used in camera manufacturing and active lens alignment processes.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESLens Alignment Pallet & Fixture Design- Design, develop, and maintain lens alignment pallets used in active alignment processes
- Create product-specific fixtures, nests, clamps, carriers, and precision locating systems.
- Optimize fixture designs for repeatability, optical performance, throughput, and manufacturability.
- Develop tooling concepts for prototype, validation, and production builds.
- Support design standardization across camera product families.
Existing Equipment Modification & Sustainment- Develop mechanical upgrades and modifications for existing CMAT systems and related manufacturing equipment.
- Design replacement components for obsolete or unsupported machine elements.
- Improve machine reliability, maintainability, and production efficiency.
- Support equipment refurbishment and life-extension programs.
- Reverse engineer existing assemblies when original documentation is unavailable.
New Product Industrialization- Design and release fixture solutions for new camera products.
- Support process development, pilot builds, and product launches.
- Collaborate with Product Engineering to ensure manufacturability requirements are incorporated into product designs.
- Lead mechanical design reviews for new manufacturing concepts.
Engineering Change Management- Generate and maintain:
- 3D CAD models•
- Manufacturing drawings
- Assembly drawings
- Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Engineering Change Requests (ECRs)
- Manage engineering documentation and revision control.
- Ensure compliance with Aptiv engineering standards.
Supplier & Manufacturing Support- Work with external suppliers and machine shops to manufacture fixtures and components.
- Support supplier technical reviews and design-for-manufacturing activities.
- Resolve manufacturing issues related to tooling and fixture designs.
- Provide technical support during fabrication, assembly, and qualification phases.
Technical Problem Solving- Investigate fixture-related issues impacting quality, yield, or throughput.
- Perform root-cause analysis of mechanical failures.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Support continuous improvement and cost reduction project
YOUR BACKGROUND - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of mechanical design experience in manufacturing, automation, tooling, or special machinery.
- Experience designing precision fixtures and tooling for production environments.
- Experience supporting automated manufacturing equipment
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