Sr. Process Engineer - Tooling Design and Procurement

General Motors
Saginaw, MI

Description

As a Senior Tooling Engineer in GM’s Casting organization, you’ll design and industrialize tooling for high-volume production of critical propulsion components supporting ICE and EV programs. You’ll work across design, manufacturing, simulation, suppliers, and plant operations to take tooling solutions from concept through launch and production.

What You’ll Do

Develop tooling concepts, 3D models, and detailed drawings for casting tools, fixtures, coreboxes, and related equipment.

Create and maintain electronic math data for casting product and process development.

Translate product requirements, GD&T, and manufacturing requirements into safe, high-quality, manufacturable tooling designs.

Partner with product engineering, manufacturing engineering, plant teams, and suppliers from concept through launch and production support.

Lead or participate in tooling reviews, feasibility assessments, design changes, and issue resolution.

Ensure designs meet GM standards, safety requirements, and casting and tooling specifications.

Support supplier coordination, tooling builds, validation, tryout, installation, and launch readiness.

Drive improvements in tooling performance, standardization, quality, and cost.

Maintain tooling documentation, revision control, and deliverable releases in required systems.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent relevant experience.

Three to five years of experience in tooling design, casting engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related automotive or manufacturing environment preferred.

Proficiency with CAD and design tools such as NX, Teamcenter, AutoCAD, or equivalent.

Strong knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&T, and tolerance application.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, root-cause investigation, and communication skills.

Ability to manage multiple timing-sensitive assignments and collaborate with global, cross-functional, plant, and supplier teams.

Ability to develop solutions that balance safety, quality, timing, cost, and manufacturability.

Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% to support tooling builds and startup.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with cast tooling standards, corebox design, fixture design, or machining and process-interface requirements.

Experience working with suppliers, plant operations, and launch teams.

Familiarity with PFMEA, quality systems, manufacturing requirements reviews, lean principles, and workplace safety systems.

Experience driving continuous improvement and standardization in a manufacturing engineering environment.

Knowledge of casting processes, tooling design, automotive manufacturing, product launches, and propulsion component development.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.

The selected candidate will be required to travel at least 50% or more on a frequent basis.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

This position requires the ability to legally operate a motor vehicle on a regular basis. A company vehicle will be provided for this role with successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Report review.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.

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Posted 2026-08-19

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