Tooling Engineer

We are looking for a Tooling Engineer with 3-5+ years of experience to design and develop large-scale, safety-critical tooling for solid rocket motor production at a fast-growing hypersonics company. You'll be responsible for figuring out how to safely move, handle, and process thousands of pounds of energetic materials — designing fixtures, assemblies, and environmental systems that keep explosive precursor chemicals at the right temperature and in motion. This is a high-stakes, hands-on role where your engineering fundamentals and ability to work at scale with dangerous materials will directly enable delivery of the first 50 units to the U.S. Navy.

What will you be doing?

Designing and developing large-scale tooling (jigs, fixtures, molds, and handling assemblies) for safely moving and processing 600+ gallon, 2, 000+ lb batches of ammonium perchlorate and aluminum oxidizer precursor chemicals

Engineering solutions for temperature control, material movement between buildings, and safe breakdown of explosive materials into smaller quantities for solid rocket motor casting

Collaborating cross-functionally with manufacturing, design, and production teams to architect tooling that meets aggressive cost, quality, and delivery targets for first-build production

Leading tooling projects end-to-end from concept through production floor implementation, including FEA validation, tolerance stack-ups, and DFM principles

Mentoring junior tooling engineers and technicians while ensuring compliance with aerospace and defense industry standards