Railway Tooling & Fixture Lead Engineer

Job description

**Key Responsibilities** - Design and develop manufacturing tooling, welding fixtures, assembly fixtures, checking fixtures, and special-purpose tooling for railway rolling stock and component manufacturing. - Interpret engineering drawings, 3D CAD models, GD&T, welding specifications, and customer requirements to develop robust tooling solutions. - Create fixture concepts, detailed 3D CAD models, manufacturing drawings, Bill of Materials (BOM), and assembly documentation. - Perform tolerance stack-up analysis and validate tooling designs to ensure dimensional accuracy, repeatability, and manufacturing capability. - Develop tooling with emphasis on manufacturability, operator safety, ergonomics, ease of maintenance, and cost optimization. - Coordinate with manufacturing, production, welding, quality, procurement, and project teams throughout the tooling design and development lifecycle. - Support prototype builds, tooling trials, commissioning activities, and production ramp-up by resolving tooling-related issues. - Investigate manufacturing and tooling issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement effective design improvements. - Review Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and update tooling designs to support product revisions. - Ensure compliance with customer specifications, railway industry standards, quality management systems, and internal engineering guidelines. - Prepare engineering documentation including design calculations, technical reports, design review presentations, manufacturing drawings, and work instructions. - Develop standardized tooling concepts, reusable fixture elements, and design best practices to improve engineering efficiency and reduce development time. - Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers and support knowledge-sharing initiatives within the design team. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on tooling performance, manufacturing productivity, quality enhancement, and cost reduction. - Collaborate with cross-functional and global engineering teams to ensure projects are delivered within scope, schedule, quality, and budget. Preferred Technical Skills - Proficiency in **CATIA V5 / V6**. - Strong knowledge of fixture design principles, manufacturing processes, welding processes, machining, fabrication, and assembly. - Good understanding of **GD&T (ASME Y14.5 / ISO GPS)** and tolerance analysis. - Experience in manufacturing drawings, BOM creation, and product lifecycle management (PLM/PDM) systems. - Knowledge of railway standards such as **EN 15085**, **ISO 3834**, **EN 12663**, and other relevant rolling stock manufacturing standards is preferred. - Familiarity with DFMA (Design for Manufacturing & Assembly), FMEA, and Lean Manufacturing concepts. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. This version is suitable for **mid-level (7–8 years)** Railway Tooling & Fixture Design Engineers and aligns with Rail industry