tooling engineer
Code 2144.1.22
Tooling engineers design new tools for manufacturing equipment. They prepare tooling quotation requests. They estimate costs and delivery time, manage tooling construction follow-up and supervise the routine maintenance of tools. They also analyse data to determine the cause of major tooling difficulties and develop recommendations and action plans for solutions.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- technical drawings
- ICT software specifications
- physics
- industrial engineering
- reverse engineering
- mechanics
- manufacturing processes
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- engineering principles
- production processes
- engineering processes
- CAD software
- multimedia systems
- CAE software
Skills and competences
- approve engineering design
- build a product's physical model
- create a product's virtual model
- determine production feasibility
- read engineering drawings
- perform scientific research
- adjust engineering designs
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- use CAD software
- use computer-aided engineering systems
- use technical drawing software
Transversal competences
- estimate duration of work
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- mathematics
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