Tooling Engineer at BURN

About Role

BURN is currently seeking a mission-driven Tooling Engineer for its modern clean cookstove manufacturing facility in Ruiru, Nairobi.

Roles and responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and cost the required sheet metal soft and production tools for new products.
• Lead design iteration of jigs and fixtures for new products.
• Work closely with the machinists to ensure successful machining and cutting operations for all the tool parts.
• Supervise tool assembly and tool validation activities.
• Helping in managing the tooling workshop’s materials and hardware warehouse.
• Work closely with the product design team to ensure design for manufacturability.
• Carry out all assigned tasks in outsourced tooling projects and machining projects.
• Help in training tooling technicians and machinists on the best practices in sheet metal tooling design, machining, and building and maintenance activities.
• Participate in root cause analysis sessions for tools breakdowns.
• Help in achieving efficient utilization of the workshop’s machines.
• Ensure conformity with the company’s SOPs and help improve the tooling workshop procedures

Skills and Experience

• Excellent problem identifier and solver.
• Hands-on and action-oriented.
• Excellent communicator that works well in a team.
• Detail-oriented and well organized.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in developing and building sheet metal production tools.
• Experience in designing and building sheet metal Deep drawing, and forming tools is preferred.
• Excellent SolidWorks skills. Other 3D modeling software experience is a plus.
• Capable of using Logo-Press, Auto-Form, or any other tooling analysis software.
• Experience in working with EDM drilling, EDM wire cutting, and EDM spark erosion machines.
• Good understanding of cold working tooling materials and heat treatment of tool steels.
• Perfect understanding of hydraulic and mechanical forming and punching presses.
• Very Good understanding of machining and tools clearances, tolerances, allowances, and engineering drawings.
• Very good project management skills.
• A good understanding of CNC milling, turning operations, and conventional machine shop tools is a plus.