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Engineer - Manufacturing Tooling II/III

  • Rocket Park, Florida
Varstaff is searching for an Engineer - Manufacturing Tooling II/III (Req 37722243) to support a private rocket program (New Glenn production) at Rocket Park in Cape Canaveral, FL.

About the Role
This is a six-month assignment (15 openings). You will design and deliver the tooling that builds and moves launch vehicle hardware, managing tooling projects from concept through commissioning.

Responsibilities
  • Design simple tooling for the New Glenn program: assembly fixtures, material-handling equipment, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers and custom machinery.
  • Create CAD models and drawings per ASME Y14.5.
  • Manage tooling projects end to end: concept, vendor selection, procurement, fabrication, inspection, installation, proof testing and commissioning.
  • Perform root cause analysis on tooling and manufacturing issues.
Required Qualifications
  • BS in engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in tooling design, fabrication and procurement.
  • CAD experience, including Creo Parametric and Windchill.
  • GD&T and basic hand calculations.
  • 3+ years of direct manufacturing experience.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, green card holder, refugee or asylee.
Desired Qualifications
  • Degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial or aerospace engineering.
  • Design for manufacture and assembly (DFM/DFA) and rate production experience.
  • Tolerance stack-up analysis.
  • CNC, welding, sheet metal and rigging knowledge.
  • FEA experience with ANSYS.


Prescreen Questions
  1. Walk us through a specific tool that you personally designed and released.
    • How did you define the requirements?
    • What constraints did you have to deal with? (Fabrication capabilities, cost, schedule)
  2. Describe an engineering analysis you performed to validate a tooling design.
    • What method of analysis did you use? (FEM, hand calcs)
    • Define the load cases you checked.
  3. Walk us through how you verified that a tool you designed met its requirements.
    • What were the key requirements, and where did they come from?
    • Did you push back on or negotiate any of them?