Tool Designer - Stamping

Responsibilities

At Strattec, we’re reshaping how people experience and interact with their vehicles by making access seamless, secure, and safe. In partnership with leading OEMs, we design and deliver highly engineered solutions that create the ultimate access experience for consumers. 

 

What sets us apart is how we work and the people who make it happen. Guided by our culture pillars, Think New, Do Together, and Own It, we collaborate across disciplines and take ownership of meaningful challenges. Our people bring new ideas to life and turn ambition into impact. 

 

If you’re an integrator, problem solver, or forward thinker who wants to do work that matters, you’ll find the opportunity here to grow your craft and contribute to something bigger that shapes the future of the automotive industry. 

 

Ready to help shape the future of access? Join us at Strattec. 

 

What We Offer 

Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and life outside of work. 

• Competitive compensation package, including base pay, regular salary reviews, and short-term incentive opportunities 

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage with eligibility starting day one 

• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, sick time, and bereavement for eligible employees 

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match up to 5 percent and immediate vesting 

• Company-paid life insurance coverage to support you and your beneficiaries 

• Wellness program supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing, plus opportunities to volunteer and give back to your community 

• Additional local benefits may apply depending on location or facility 

SUMMARY

Work independently to the innovate world class designs of new progressive stamping tooling and fixtures while striving for high levels of standardization. This role will also include assisting our technical teams with diagnosing and optimizing existing tooling as well as designing for new construction.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conceptualizes, plans and executes the design of progressive and modular stamping tooling.
• Analyzes product designs for manufacturing feasibility and makes improvement recommendations to shorten delivery time, cut costs and improve quality.
• Specifies purchased tooling components and follows through for timely and accurate delivery (die sets and other tooling components).

• Collaborates in a team environment with product designers, process engineers, production personnel, toolmakers, CNC programmers and various vendors to optimize tool design per suggestions of above team members.
• Publishes and disseminates models and drawings to management, programmers, toolmakers and other users.
• Assist in tracking tool progress in terms of both budget and timing.
• Follows and improve established standards and procedures including modeling techniques, file storage procedures and training in accordance with quality procedures.
• Assists in the development tooling standards in team-based environment.
• Participates in tooling design reviews providing suggestions for improvement where necessary.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities, but designers work in team environment.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Minimum 5 years of experience progressive stamping tool design and layout.
• Functional familiarity with Die Cast process is desired
• Must understand tooling and manufacturing processes that relate to the industry.
• Must have strong General Machine Tools/Tool Room equipment skills.
• Must have the ability to visualize complex 3-dimensional geometry and motion.
• Must possess creative/innovative mechanical aptitude.
• Must have strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Must be willing and able to work in a team environment.
• Must have strong CAD skills (3-D tool design in Solidworks preferred)
• Functional familiarity with CAM software is desired.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school.

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure