Tooling / Stamping Engineer

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, is a family-owned company known for craftsmanship, innovation, performance, and integrity. Our products are found in some of the world’s most luxurious homes, and behind them are teams of people who live our values every day.

At our new Cedar Rapids facility, we are building something special: a culture rooted in safety, excellence, ownership, teamwork, and continuous improvement. We do what is right, take pride in our work, solve problems together, and create a workplace where people feel valued and motivated.

This newly created role is a unique opportunity to help establish our metal forming capability from the ground up. The Tooling / Stamping Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership for press-formed sheet metal processes, tooling design and qualification, equipment implementation, and the transition of new parts and processes into production. Whether you aspire to be a technical expert or a future leader, this role will provide meaningful opportunities for growth and development.

Primary Planning and Start-Up Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for metal forming processes, tooling, presses, automation, and related equipment during facility and production start-up.
• Review component designs and provide practical design-for-manufacturing input for press-formed sheet metal parts.
• Develop tooling concepts and specifications, prepare request-for-quote packages, and partner with external tooling suppliers through design, build, tryout, and validation.
• Estimate tooling costs and lead times to support project planning, capital budgets, and new product development schedules.
• Lead the specification, procurement, installation, qualification, and launch of stamping dies, press cells, and related equipment.
• Plan and manage multiple tooling projects while clearly communicating priorities, risks, timing, and decisions to cross-functional partners.
• Develop process documentation, tooling standards, control plans, work instructions, maintenance requirements, and production handoff criteria.
• Support material selection and specifications in partnership with design engineering, quality, manufacturing, and supply chain.
• Build and maintain a strong network of tooling suppliers and technical resources.

Primary Ongoing Production Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on technical resource for stamping defects, tooling issues, press performance, dimensional variation, and part-quality concerns.
• Partner with operators, technicians, team leaders, production engineers, quality, maintenance, and suppliers to identify root causes and implement lasting corrective actions.
• Improve die performance, process capability, uptime, throughput, safety, quality, and cost through disciplined problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain process monitoring and control methods for critical metal forming operations.
• Support tooling preventive maintenance strategies, spare-part planning, die repair priorities, and long-term tooling reliability.
• Evaluate and recommend tooling, equipment, sensing, automation, and process improvements that strengthen production performance.
• Coach and develop production and technical team members by sharing metal forming knowledge and building problem-solving capability.
• Maintain accurate tooling, process, qualification, and change-control documentation.

We value our employees by providing:

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• On-site UW Health clinic, fitness center, and walking paths
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave

This position requires a pre-employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.

Qualifications Education Required Bachelors or better. Experience Required Five or more years of experience in metal forming, stamping tooling, die design, or manufacturing process engineering. Experience with press-formed sheet metal components, including drawn parts and progressive coil-fed dies. Experience developing tooling specifications, sourcing tooling, and working directly with external tool-and-die suppliers. Hands-on experience managing tooling projects from concept through production qualification and launch. Working knowledge of process monitoring, control methods, root-cause analysis, and corrective action. Experience specifying or implementing hydraulic or mechanical presses, press cells, or related metal forming equipment. Proficiency with computer-aided design tools and the ability to review part and tooling designs. Ability to work effectively on the production floor and communicate clearly across engineering, operations, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and external suppliers. Preferred Experience forming stainless steel or other highly aesthetic sheet metal components. Experience with process risk assessments, risk reduction, equipment qualification, and validation. Experience with metal forming simulation software such as AutoForm, Ansys Forming, or PAM-STAMP. Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing using ASME Y14.5 and basic metrology methods. Experience implementing press cell automation, material handling, sensing, or mistake-proofing systems. Experience with large press and tooling capital projects. Experience supporting a new facility, new line, or major product launch. Equal Opportunity Employer
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