Progressive Die Design Engineer (Assistant Manager)

Job Detail

<Number of employees: Total: 10 Local: 8 Japanese: 2>
<Report Line: JP MD, JP Manager>
<Team Member: 2-3 in design team >
<Number of Subordinates: 1 staff >

<Customers & Products>
The company is a Japanese manufacturer producing precision press parts for automobiles.

<Saturday Working: Every Saturday>

<Position Objective/Expectation>
To design progressive press dies and oversee their development from engineering through machining, assembly, trial, and mass production launch.
* Design of small press parts (approximately 1 mm in size, palm-sized products) using **progressive die stamping**.
* Design of **film-forming dies** and other dies manufactured and sold to customers.
* Design and machining of die components and tooling parts used in those dies.


<Job Responsibilities>
- Process design and detailed design of progressive press dies.
- Specification review and design of dies considering product shape, material, and production conditions.
- Technical follow-up during die machining, assembly, and trial production stages.
- Troubleshooting and implementation of countermeasures during mass production launch.
- Die modification, improvement of die life, and cost reduction activities.
- Technical coordination with on-site press and die shop personnel.


<Necessary Skill / Experience>
- Must have practical experience in progressive press die design (approximately 3+ years).
- Must have fundamental knowledge of press processing and die structure.
- Must be able to collaborate with on-site teams (machining, assembly, press shop) to advance work.

<Preferable Skill/ Experience>
- Experience in Die, jig, and component manufacturing for conventional automotive and OA-related press parts/Precision die manufacturing for micro-processing applications, such as punching holes in films.
- Experience in production launch and mass production troubleshooting.
- Experience working with overseas factories or multicultural/multinational teams.
- Achievements in die life improvement or process consolidation.