Staff Tooling Engineer

As a Staff Tooling Engineer in our Stamping Operation, you will be supporting our Engineering, Tool and Die and Operations teams. This role is necessary to ensure our in house stamping presses have proper tooling to manufacture components that are making our adventure vehicles. This role is located in Normal, IL and will report to the department Maintenance Manager.

• Assist Tooling Design Engineers in die design reviews ensuring plant requirements are met and represented in tooling designs

• Assist Tooling Design Engineers in preparing buyoff packages to ensure successful homeline runoff in plant

• Work with tooling engineers and die maker support to make changes to tooling to meet quality, FLD (Argus), and productivity related targets

• Assist with homeline runoff activity from first die set through PPAP working closely with production, T&D, tool source shops, and Tooling Engineers.

• Work closely with body and closures manufacturing teams to ensure downstream quality needs are met.

• Modify die designs to support engineering change activity.

• Work closely with Production Control, Quality, Stamping Production, and downstream customers to ensure all Rivian Quality and productivity targets are met.

• Perform modifications to die designs in SMIRT and Catia to ensure that all changes are accurately reflected in die designs.

• Work closely with Tool & Die department to ensure modifications are performed inhouse.

• Clearly communicate change requirements for modifications performed at outside sources.

• Manage SMIRT software for die design storage and BOM management.

• Work with blue light scanner to confirm actual die condition Vs. CAD die condition.

• Ability to set tasks and responsibilities

• Understands personal ownership of processes and expectations

• Leadership skills - Experience developing teams and helping individuals grow

• Working knowledge in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook programs

• Kaizen / continuous improvement process experience

• Good oral and written communication skills

• Demonstrated problem solving skills

• Strong team orientation

• Ability to meet deadlines and stay within budget

• Quick decision-making abilities

• Automotive experience preferred (plus for past battery experience)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred or related relevant technical experience

• 3-5+ years supervisory experience in manufacturing environment or combo of education/experience

• Ability to stand for 8-12 hours per day.

• Required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

• Ability to lift and carry at least 25 pounds.

• Ability to perform all duties in a working environment that may contain dust, high noise levels, hot and cold weather.