Casting Tooling Engineer

Job Description Summary

You will lead the identification, development, and improvement of tooling suppliers who support high-precision manufacturing for aerospace investment castings. This role requires deep tooling and manufacturing expertise combined with supplier-facing leadership. You will evaluate, select, and develop both existing and emerging tooling suppliers, ensuring they can translate drawings, engineering intent, and casting requirements into robust wax injection dies, ceramic core dies, molds, and tooling components. This is a technical role paired with supplier strategy and coaching. Ideal for a tooling expert ready to influence the supply base, shape tooling capability, and raise industry standards.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and develop tooling suppliers capable of supporting aerospace-grade tooling requirements
• Evaluate new potential suppliers and create capability roadmaps to mature them
• Perform supplier capability audits, tooling health reviews, and technical maturity assessments
• Lead supplier improvement plans (technical coaching, tooling process improvements, inspection rigor, corrective actions)
• Perform proactive tooling design verification and manufacturability reviews
• Ensure translation of drawings, specifications, and casting requirements into production-ready tooling
• Provide hands-on technical guidance
• Develop and maintain tooling should-cost models
• Lead cost benchmarking and support commercial negotiations with data-backed cost structure insights
• Establish and track key metrics
• Drive corrective action initiatives with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Support tool qualification, trials, and PPAP/APQP processes where applicable
• Work with Design Engineering, Quality, NPI, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to align tooling requirements
• Drive continuous improvement programs
• Support 3D CAD modeling
• Validate supplier tooling models and ensure alignment to product requirements
• Create reusable standard work: supplier specs, tooling guides, lessons learned
• Document playbooks to scale supplier capability and reduce recurring issues
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• 6+ years in tooling design / tooling manufacturing / tooling supplier development (injection molding, die tooling, investment casting, or equivalent precision tooling fields)
• Hands-on tool design and manufacturing expertise; able to coach supplier toolmaker
• Strong 3D CAD skills (Creo, SolidWorks, NX or equivalent) for reviewing and validating tooling models
• Strong communication skills: technical clarity, supplier direction, cross-team collaboration
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (25-50%)
• Self-directed, structured, and accountable; able to operate with autonomy

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years (casting tooling) experience + minimum of 3 years (casting tooling) experience

Desired Characteristics

• 20+ years tooling experience with aerospace-grade investment casting tooling (wax injection dies and ceramic core dies)
• Proven experience developing and qualifying tooling suppliers, including capability assessments
• Demonstrated experience executing tooling cost models / should-cost analysis to support commercial decisions
• Investment casting engineering experience
• Expert-level GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis
• Humble, collaborative, and effective with shop-floor toolmakers and senior leaders
• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving instincts
• Thrives in a technical supplier-facing environment

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

Additional Job Description

Additional Information

Compensation Grade

LPB1

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No