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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Senior Die Design Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeRochester Hills, MI, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience designing progressive stamping dies.
  • Experience with die theory, die troubleshooting, and tooling optimization.
  • Experience supporting high-speed stamping operations, progressive dies, or toolroom environments.
  • Experience using computer-aided design (CAD) software to create, modify, or review mechanical or tooling designs.
  • Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, tooling prints, blueprints, or technical specifications.
  • Experience coordinating technical projects, tooling builds, timelines, cost estimates, or manufacturing improvement initiatives.
  • Experience with toolroom work supporting high-speed stamping operations.
  • Experience with NX, CoCreate, LogoPress, or similar CAD platforms.
  • Experience supporting new product introduction programs.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop progressive stamping dies for new product introductions and manufacturing operations.
  • Lead tooling design projects from concept through implementation, ensuring performance, quality, cost, and timeline objectives are met.
  • Collaborate with Product Engineering, Toolmakers, Process Engineers, and Production teams to optimize tooling solutions and manufacturability.
  • Participate in product design reviews and provide expertise on tooling feasibility, speed, quality, and cost considerations.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on tooling performance, efficiency, and reliability.
  • Support problem-solving by identifying root causes and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
  • Partner with suppliers and vendors to source tooling components and support new tooling builds.
  • Contribute to Lean, Six Sigma, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), and quality initiatives that improve manufacturing performance and customer satisfaction.

Desired Qualifications

  • A degree in Engineering, Tool & Die, Manufacturing Technology, Mechanical Design, or a related technical field, or at least three years of experience in high-speed stamping, die design, or toolroom operations.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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