Product & Tooling Engineer - Group CCT Position in Telford

What we offer: At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary: Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design die cast dies: runner, cooling, vacuum systems, etc. to ensure best part quality and optimize yield.
• Design die seals for the best vacuum performance and leak prevention.
• Calculate and design cooling system to ensure best part quality and optimal cycle time.
• Apply Design for Manufacturability (DFM) principles to evaluate product and tooling design feasibility.
• Run casting simulations and provide feedback on simulation results to casting divisions.
• Participate and provide inputs for casting simulation reviews for casting divisions.
• Work closely with casting divisions for simulation to actual die casting trial correlation.
• Provide design improvements for casting divisions including - vacuum, seals, hydraulic actuated cores/slides, squeeze cores, jet-cooled cores, etc.
• Implement tooling standards and best practices across all casting divisions.
• Implement CI/CR projects for the casting divisions to improve operational performance.
• Improve tooling performance for better cycle time and less tooling down time.
• Lead tooling FMEA with divisional CFT team to capture global lessons learned.
• Provide technical support to optimize tooling performance by utilizing coatings and materials to improve die life and reduce/eliminate soldering for casting divisions.
• Develop and maintain global die standards to improve production performance (net casting rate), optimize casting yield and minimize tooling costs/good casting.
• Analyze die IR images and improve die cooling to improve thermal balance of DC die.
• Perform dimensional analysis, implement countermeasures to improve dimensional capability. Complete understanding of casting tolerances and GD&T.
• Provide casting process design and troubleshooting support for the casting divisions.
• Provide VA/VE for casting and trim tool support to divisions.
• Provide trim tool design support to casting divisions to meet product quality requirements.
• Perform other duties as required.

Position Requirements:

• Previous experience in aluminum casting experience including high pressure die casting.
• Ability to determine manufacturing feasibility of die cast products and assemblies from their piece part drawings.
• Strong hands-on, day-to-day operational and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and meet project deadlines.
• Able to use computer and software as required.
• Must be able to understand written instructions.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment: At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

Worker Type: Regular / Permanent

Group: Cosma International