ALAlstom
Senior Tooling Engineer
Bangalore ₹5-10 LPA Posted 9 Jun 2025
FULL TIME
Catia V5
Tool Design
Cost Optimization
gd&t
Job Description
- Prepare Tooling Project Specifications (TPS) and share with suppliers for technical/commercial offers
- Validate technical offers and estimate tooling costs to share with sourcing
- Ensure compliance with country-specific standards and local EHS requirements during design and manufacturing
- Develop innovative tooling concepts including welding fixtures, assembly fixtures, and lifting tackles
- Design tooling using Catia V5 and DMA
- Implement automation using hydraulic and pneumatic systems for welding and assembly fixtures
- Conduct design reviews (DR) and DAP with stakeholders, integrating past REX and improvement areas
- Create detailed 2D drawings in Catia V5 with critical dimensions, manufacturing tolerances, and GD&T
- Clarify drawing-related queries with suppliers
- Track manufacturing progress, ensure quality in welding, machining, and painting
- Make and update modifications during validation and trials
- Conduct inspection, validation, and trials of fixtures; address trial concerns with CAPA
- Collaborate with engineering and process teams for alignment during TPS preparation and design reviews
- Travel to sites: Sricity, Savli, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Madhepura and supplier locations across India
- Follow up with tooling suppliers and ensure schedules are met
- Optimize tooling costs via design and manufacturing efficiency
- Contribute to developing tooling standards and a tooling library
Educational Requirements
- Degree/Diploma in Mechanical or Tool Design Engineering (assumed from context)
Experience
Mandatory:
- Experience in tooling design, especially in railway or heavy industries
- Hands-on experience with line automation
Desirable:
- Previous exposure to multi-location manufacturing and tooling coordination
Competencies & Skills
- Proficiency in Catia V5 and DMA
- Strong knowledge of GD&T
- Understanding of EHS and country-specific compliance in tooling
- Experience in hydraulic/pneumatic automation for tooling
- Ability to coordinate and communicate across internal teams and suppliers
- Fluent in English