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You will troubleshoot tooling and lab issues, support crimp tooling activities, coordinate critical spares and vendors, and help improve the productivity and quality of tooling operations.\nOur Team\nThe Application Tooling team supports GTC/MIBS product teams and APAC crimp tooling requests at MIPL. This role works cross-functionally with Application Tooling, Engineering, Maintenance, Warehouse, EHS, Operations, QA, Product Management, tooling vendors, and subcontractors.\nWhat You Will Do\nProvide application tooling support in partnership with the India and Bolingbrook tooling teams, including troubleshooting tooling and lab issues\nSupport harness plants through site visits for troubleshooting and resolution of new and production tooling issues\nSupport crimp tooling activities, including repurposing and refurbishing applicators, setting up new debug tools, and fulfilling new R&D crimp requests\nSupport GTC/MIBS Application Tooling lab debug operations and analyze test data to communicate findings to cross-functional teams\nCoordinate tooling vendors and prototype development in India while maintaining critical applicator and tooling spares for the India lab\nCoordinate tooling-related shipment and customs documentation and processes\nSupport application tooling awareness, product management collaboration, and field support for specific customer requirements\nDrive continuous improvement in lab productivity and quality while adhering to applicable quality systems, ISO/ASTM/IEC standards, EHS requirements, equipment-handling practices, and 5S protocols\nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\nDiploma in Mechanical Engineering or qualification from GTTC/NTTF\nExperience using measuring instruments and gauges and following standard lab practices\nExperience troubleshooting tooling or equipment-related technical issues\nExperience analyzing technical or test data and communicating findings\nWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\n2 or more years of experience in tooling or new product development (NPD)\nKnowledge of ISO standards\nExperience with crimp tooling, applicators, tooling setup, or tooling refurbishment\nExperience supporting manufacturing, engineering, or lab operations\nAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. 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