Stamping Tooling Specialist

Ford • Dearborn, MI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.
In this position:
We are seeking an experienced stamping tooling professional to support the engineering, construction, and launch readiness of stamping dies. This role is responsible for ensuring tooling meets quality, timing, and performance requirements from sourcing through tryout and production readiness.
The Stamping Tooling Specialist (STS) operates within established STS standards and processes to ensure tooling is delivered in alignment with program objectives and manufacturing requirements.
The Stamping Tooling Specialist (STS) is responsible for the technical oversight and execution of stamping tooling from sourcing through tryout and production readiness. This role works closely with engineering, manufacturing, program managers, and tool shops to ensure dies are designed, constructed, and validated to meet part quality, manufacturability, and timing targets.

Requirements

• Strong background in stamping tooling construction, tryout, and die development.
• Experience working with automotive tool shops and production stamping processes.
• Understanding of die build, tryout, and production readiness requirements.
• Ability to identify tooling risks and support resolution activities.
• Experience working within structured tooling or launch processes (STS or similar).
• Strong technical problem-solving and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• BSc, Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial OR Electrical preferred).
• Experience supporting automotive program launches.
• Familiarity with global tool shop operations.
• Understanding of part quality requirements and dimensional validation processes.
• Continuous improvement or lean manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

• Support tooling design reviews to ensure manufacturability and process robustness.
• Monitor tool construction progress and verify compliance with program requirements and standards.
• Coordinate tool tryout activities and support die prove-out to achieve dimensional quality and run-at-rate capability.
• Identify and resolve tooling issues impacting timing, quality, or manufacturability.
• Support build events, PSW readiness, and launch milestones.
• Track and support resolution of Yellow Items and other tooling risks.
• Operate within STS standards, tooling construction processes, and WDX expectations.
• Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, program managers, and tool shops to ensure tooling readiness.
• Document tooling issues and support corrective action implementation.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level