Senior Progressive Tooling Designer & Technical Leader
Progressive Stamping Dies | Tooling | Technical Leadership
Location: Germantown, WI (Onsite)**
Pay: $80,000 – $120,000+ (Based on experience)**
U.S. Citizenship Required (ITAR)
About the Opportunity
Seeking a Senior Progressive Tooling Designer & Technical Leader with advanced expertise in progressive stamping die design and the desire to grow into a long-term technical leadership role as part of our senior management team.
This position is ideal for someone who wants to:
• Apply high-level progressive die design expertise
• Do more than sit behind CAD all day
• Solve complex tooling and manufacturability challenges
• Support quoting and early-stage design concepts
• Work directly with customers on technical questions
• Mentor others and influence future design standards
• Participate in long-term succession planning, including potential equity ownership
What You Will Do (Primary Responsibilities)
Progressive Stamping Die Design (Core Responsibility)
• Lead the design of progressive stamping dies from concept through final detail.
• Develop complete strip layouts, forming stations, material progression, timing, and die components.
• Create robust, manufacturable designs that meet precise tolerance requirements.
• Collaborate with toolmakers, machinists, and pressroom teams during build, tryout, and troubleshooting.
Tooling & Gage Design (Secondary, Based on Interest)
• Design hard gages, fixtures, and precision tooling.
• Support engineering needs throughout tool build and production launch.
Technical Quoting Support
• Provide preliminary concepts, rough estimates, and manufacturability inputs for quoting.
• Assist in evaluating customer prints and understanding technical requirements.
• Take on increasing quoting responsibilities as skills and interest grow.
Customer Interaction
• Join customer meetings to clarify design requirements and provide manufacturability insight.
• Communicate tooling approaches and design justification when needed.
• Strengthen customer relationships with technical credibility and responsiveness.
Leadership & Growth
• Join the senior management team immediately as a key technical leader.
• Mentor designers and contribute to design standards and engineering processes.
• Grow into Lead Designer, Engineering Manager, or Director of Engineering depending on capability and interest.
• Participate in long-term engineering, tooling, and business planning.
Qualifications
Required Experience
• Extensive experience designing progressive stamping dies (typically 8+ years).
• Strong proficiency in SolidWorks.
• Ability to produce strip layouts, develop station sequencing, and design high-quality progressive tooling.
• Experience collaborating with toolmakers and production teams.
• Strong mechanical creativity and analytical problem-solving.
• U.S. Citizen (ITAR requirement).
Software Flexibility
SolidWorks is required. Logopress is preferred, but we fully welcome candidates experienced in other progressive die design platforms, including:
• 3DQuickPress
• Die Wizard / Progressive Die Wizard
• VISI Progress
• TopSolid Progress
• Siemens NX
• CATIA
Any experienced progressive die designer can learn Logopress quickly. Tooling fundamentals matter more than specific software.
Preferred Skills (Flexible)
• Experience supporting quoting or estimating
• Ability to speak with customers on technical topics
• Background in tool/gage design
• Toolroom or pressroom troubleshooting experience
• Leadership capability or interest in mentoring
• Desire to grow into higher-level engineering or technical management roles
