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Tooling Engineer level 2/3

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Rocket Center, WVJob$72–134K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$72–134K/yr
Location
Rocket Center, WV
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance, required

Job overview

The Tooling Engineer coordinates tool and fixture design and fabrication with internal and external customers, performs tolerance analysis and root-cause investigations, and develops process improvements. The role supports product development by assessing manufacturability and validating processes and technology, and manages projects through design, documentation, fabrication, assembly, and validation. The posting lists Level 2 and Level 3 education and experience paths, requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret Clearance, and identifies Microsoft Office and CAD experience as preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Tooling Fabrication, requiredProduction Fabrication, requiredComposites, requiredMetallic Materials, requiredCoatings Application, requiredProduction Manufacturing, requiredMicrosoft Office Suite, nice to haveNX, nice to haveCAD, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's STEM Degree + 2 Years or Master's STEM Degree, requiredBachelor's STEM Degree + 5 Years or Master's STEM Degree + 3 Years, requiredDOD Secret Clearance, required2 Years Tooling or Production Fabrication Experience, required5 Years Tooling or Production Fabrication Experience, required

Full job description

Duties include, but are not limited to: Coordination of design and fabrication requirements for tools and fixtures with customers, both internal and external Performing tolerance analysis to ensure form/fit/function Conduct root cause failure investigations and implement associated corrective actions Develop & evaluate process improvements Assist Product Development Team with new product designs to ensure manufacturability, validate process/technology. Managing all phases of project: design, document, fabricate, assemble and validate Basic Qualifications: Level 2: Bachelors STEM Degree with 2 years of experience OR a Master's STEM Degree with 0 years of experience medium to large scale tooling fabrication and/or production fabrication including composites, metallic, coatings application, and/or production manufacturing operations Level 3: Bachelors STEM Degree with 5 years of experience OR a Master's STEM Degree with 3 years of experience medium to large scale tooling fabrication and/or production fabrication including composites, metallic, coatings application, and/or production manufacturing operations This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret Clearance Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) Direct Aerospace Tooling experience Direct Experience with NX or some CAD Primary Level Salary Range: $72,100.00 - $108,100.00 Secondary Level Salary Range: $89,400.00 - $134,200.00

How this job compares

Set against the 5,443 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$72–134K/yr
  • US median$95–141K/yr3,103 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $103K, is 12% below the US median midpoint ($118K) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 33 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in West Virginia and 5,443 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in West Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (4,279 postings).
Education
2,966 of the 5,443 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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