Mach Industries
Lead Manufacturing Engineer, DFMA - Tooling Design
$140K–$180K
Huntington Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years designing production tooling, fixtures or end effectors for automated or high-rate assembly.
- Education
- BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations. Employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Lead tooling and design-for-automation strategy, research, and implementation, from early design reviews and prototype trials through production release and supplier support.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain tooling and design-for-automation standards, guides, verification practices, and DFMA metrics.
- Lead DFMA studies, tooling and automation R&D, experiments, prototype builds, and process qualification for production.
- Own critical tooling from design through supplier buyoff and production handoff; mentor engineers and lead tooling-related root cause analysis.
What they ask for
- BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years designing production tooling, fixtures or end effectors for automated or high-rate assembly in aerospace, automotive, defense or consumer electronics.
- Expertise in GD&T (ASME Y14.5), datum schemes, tolerance stack-ups, and dimensional variation analysis; experience integrating tooling with robots and automated cells, including equipment selection and ROI justification.
- Track record writing design standards, design guides or process specs; skilled in 3D CAD (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks or similar).
Nice to have
- Journeyman Tool and Die Maker certification or equivalent toolmaker background; MS in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
- Experience with DFMA methods, should-cost modeling, assembly/robot simulation, DFMEAs/PFMEAs, or AS9100/defense production.
Pay
$140,000 — $180,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
GD&T (ASME Y14.5), NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, PLCs, Siemens Process Simulate, DELMIA, CMM
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