Tool & Die Maker

Job Overview

**This position is in Winston-Salem, NC but is open to Domestic Relocation **

** Shifts available: 1st or 2nd shift **

TE Connectivity’s Technical Engineering Support Teams analyze, test and assist in research for the development of products and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Team members may specialize in quality control or assurance, chemical manufacturing processes, metals, electrical connectors and components, process development, materials, and/or instrumentation.
• Handle calibration, displays, network control, mold development and audiovisual work or environmental health and safety.
• Completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Plan, prioritize, and manage multiple engineering project
• Prioritize tasks and assign team members to ensure that the team's overall resources are used effectively and that project deadlines are met.
• Evaluate and authorize changes that significantly impact the scope, budget, or timeline of a project.
• May work directly with customers to understand needs, gather customer requirements, identify resources and assess project risks.
• Create, develop, plan, write and edit operational, instructional, maintenance or test procedures for paper, multimedia or web-based publication, for non-technical and technical users.
• Our department is responsible to build/refurbish Progressive Stamping Dies to be based at our High-Speed Stamping facility, so these tools need to produce excellent quality parts in this fast-paced Automotive stamping environment.

What your background should look like:

• Journeyman Tool and Die Maker Certification
• 10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience maintaining or building High Speed Progressive Stamping Dies
• Experience in the production floor atmosphere/environment - preferred
• Familiar with various stamping presses and their controls.
• Familiar with various auxiliary equipment and their controls.
• Knowledgeable of the requirements needed for manufacturing, inspecting, assembling, conditioning, and debugging tooling for newly designed dies as well as our seasoned dies.
• Ability to perform all duties needed to condition complex high speed progressive dies that can run up to 1500 SPM while maintaining close tolerances.
• Experience with tooling print packages: 2D AutoCAD or 3D Creo model designs
• Ability to read prints, assembly views to help in the assembling, conditioning and improvement processes of our build is key.
• Knowledgeable of the process of “Red-Lining” prints, models, or assemblies to help designers understand changes or improvements needed or suggested.
• Ability to use precision measurement equipment such as comparator, height gage, jo blocks, tool makers microscope, and whatever tools used to inspect stamped parts and tooling.
• Being initiative-taking and meticulous helps to keep track of project duration, project tooling, and overall project progress.
• Desired qualifications or experience:
  • Wide array of different die platforms.
  • Multi out dies.
  • In die assembly.
  • In die laser welding.
  • Vision systems.
  • Offline greasing.
  • CMM.

Competencies