Manufacturing Design Engineer

Do you love cars? What about realllllly fast cars? Do you love the hum of a custom built exhaust system idling? What about the growl of a wide open set of custom built high quality headers? The rock of an engine revving? If you answered yes, then we have something in common.

Kooks Headers & Exhaust is currently searching for a Design Engineer to join our team of motivated, car-loving, quality driven engineering staff. Must work hard, must play hard. We are looking for an innovator. Someone who can put concepts into action! If you feel you fit this description, please continue below..... and get Kookin' with Kooks!!

Role Purpose:

Support and improve Kooks manufacturing operations and product offerings including development or improvement of equipment, processes and methods. Engineering cycle includes conceptualizing, developing porotypes, testing and perfecting designs. Work includes selection and testing of materials and components that will be suitable for the project or product. Work may include responding to a customer requests for a product or design. Provide work direction to technicians.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design weld fixtures based on vehicle system design using Rhino CAD software.

  • Scan prototype, production and PPAP parts as needed using CMM arm integrated with TezetCad and Rhino software.

  • Conduct and successfully complete PPAP run for final approval of fixtures for production release.

  • Create poke yoke error proofing for parts to improve production repeatability and product quality.

  • Develops new processes to support manufacturing continuous improvement initiatives.

  • Designs improvements to existing tooling to support manufacturing.

  • May evaluate products, parts, or processes for cost efficiency and reliability.