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Manufacturing/Tool Design Engineer

Resonant Sciences LLC
Dayton, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 5/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/17/2026
Resonant Sciences LLC has an immediate opening for a Manufacturing/Tool Design Engineer to join our Dayton, Ohio team. The position provides an opportunity to join a fast-paced elite team whose primary mission is to support our Nation's War Fighters. The candidate for this position shall be a self-starter who can work independently, unsupervised, and with little guidance. The candidate will have an opportunity to be a member of a world-class team consisting of talented and dedicated engineers, technicians, and professionals who work together to interrupt and challenge the status quo to design and develop state-of-the-art technologies.

Duties And Responsibilities

We are seeking a Manufacturing/Tool Design Engineer to support the design, development, production, and testing of aerospace structures, radomes, antennas, test fixtures, and electronic systems.

The selected Manufacturing/Tool Design Engineer will have responsibility for the following areas:

  • Create accurate estimates of tool design and fabrication costs.
  • Support requirements definition, conceptual design, preliminary design, critical design, design review presentations, and fabrication from a tooling perspective for multiple programs.
  • Design tooling, fixtures, and equipment to support multiple programs and scale manufacturing.
  • Create 3-D product structured models and detailed design drawings utilizing CATIA V5.
  • Analyze design risks, anticipate and mitigate risks when possible, and report concerns to leadership.
  • Provide hands-on technical support on the shop floor during tool fabrication and production start-up.
  • Experience with metallic and composite design.
  • Coordinate with internal and external suppliers to meet commitments.
  • Perform other duties, as assigned.

Required Qualifications

  • BS with 5 years of experience in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Experience designing aerospace quality tools such as layup molds, trim/drill fixtures, assembly fixtures, inspection fixtures, and test fixtures.
  • Familiar with the materials and processes used in aerospace manufacturing.
  • Basic knowledge of CATIA’s composite design suite.
  • Experience creating detailed engineering drawings.
  • Thorough knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and its use related to drawings.
  • Strong technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.

Desired Qualifications

  • BS with 10 years of experience in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience with CATIA 3-D CAD software.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience designing aerospace quality tools such as layup molds, trim/drill fixtures, assembly fixtures, inspection fixtures, and test fixtures.

Citizenship/Security Clearance

  • U.S. Citizenship required. Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance required. Active clearance preferred.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

  • Become part of a high-tech work environment that is highly impactful, exciting, and collaborative.
  • Flexible working environment that enables our employees to balance work and personal life.
  • A comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits with extremely low employee cost share for you and your eligible dependents.
  • A well-funded Health Spending Account with standard account fees paid by Resonant Sciences.
  • 10 Federal Holidays (6 Standard, 4 Floating).
  • A flexible Paid Time Off plan for employees.
  • A generous retirement plan, subject to plan, IRS and ERISA rules.

WHO ARE WE?

Resonant Sciences is a research and development firm with locations all over the United States, focused on developing and transitioning innovative technologies and solutions to developmental and operational platforms. Our areas of expertise include radome and antenna design and fabrication, custom electronic solutions, and RF measurements of materials, antennas, radomes, and subsystems. Our extensive capabilities include design and analysis, production, and ground and flight testing.

A career at Resonant Sciences means that you will be involved in the complete development life cycle, seeing your design evolve from development prototype to incorporating mission requirements to technical specifications into a finished product for field testing.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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