Tooling Design Engineer Bedfordshire Contract On-site 4-day working week (Mon-Thurs) + flexible working SC Clearance Required About the Role We''re recruiting a Tooling Design Engineer to join a fast-paced Special Projects programme. This team operates at the heart of advanced defence and aerospace manufacturing, supporting complex products from early design through production and end-of-life. You''ll be part of a highly capable Operations Engineering team, providing tooling and manufacturing engineering expertise across prototype, development and full-rate production programmes. This is a hands-on engineering role with genuine influence on manufacturability, quality, and cost. In return, we offer an exciting technical challenge, exposure to cutting edge defence programmes, and an excellent work/life balance built around a four day working week. What You''ll Be DoingDesign and develop manufacturing tooling, jigs, fixtures and machine attachments for production and experimental useSupport tooling solutions across NC machining, composite lay up and fabrication processesTake tooling designs from concept through detailed design to production releaseCreate technical requirement specifications, detailed drawings and process instructionsProduce manufacturing BOMs and routings to support efficient buildApply DFM/A and PFMEA principles to reduce cost and improve yieldActively contribute to Mission Directed Work Team (MDWT Level 1 and 2) meetingsSupport capital investment activities ..... full job details .....