Pattern Maker

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Education: Completion of a Patternmaking Apprenticeship or a degree in Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing.
Willing to train someone with woodworking or fabrication experience.
Mill Room Mastery: Proven expertise in traditional woodworking and toolroom machinery (band saws, table saws, drill presses, etc.).
Material Expertise: Extensive experience with composites, thermoforming plastics, and laminating resins.
Precision: Ability to work to tolerances of +/- 0.005” or better.

Job Duties:

Modeling: Interpret complex engineering blueprints. 
Advanced Tooling & Specialty Builds:

Composites & Laminating: for composite layups and master models for plastic laminating.
Vac-Forming: Create aluminum or resin tooling for vacuum forming, including vent hole strategy.
Additive Lab Parts: Integrate 3D-printed components from the additive lab into traditional tooling or use them as sacrificial patterns for investment casting.

Mill Room Operations: Must be fully proficient in the safe setup and operation of all mill room equipment, including band saws, table saws, drill presses, and sanders to prepare raw stock and refine final patterns.
Prototyping & Low-Volume Production: Develop "one-off" prototype models and bridge-tooling for low-volume manufacturing using cost-effective resins and timbers.

Experience:

5 years in a similar position with in automotive or aerospace manufacturing, with experience in prototype-to-production and display builds.
Willing to train 
Basic Blueprint reading
Basic GD & T understanding
Vacuum Forming
Lay-ups
Tool Box with the tools needed to perform the job.