# Market evidence report — tooling-engineer

Source: **36 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 26 | 72 % |
| senior | 7 | 19 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
| lead | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SolidWorks | 10 | 28 % |
| 2 | AutoCAD | 7 | 19 % |
| 3 | CATIA | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | Creo | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | Catia V5 | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | NX | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | Windchill | 3 | 8 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tooling design | 14 | 39 % |
| 2 | tool design | 12 | 33 % |
| 3 | gd&t | 7 | 19 % |
| 4 | fixture design | 5 | 14 % |
| 5 | project management | 5 | 14 % |
| 6 | tolerance analysis | 5 | 14 % |
| 7 | tooling development | 5 | 14 % |
| 8 | problem solving | 4 | 11 % |
| 9 | problem-solving | 4 | 11 % |
| 10 | blueprint reading | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | cnc machining | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | drawing interpretation | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | manufacturing engineering | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | riser system design | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | technical drawing interpretation | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | troubleshooting | 3 | 8 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continuous improvement | 10 | 28 % |
| 2 | lean manufacturing | 3 | 8 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tooling design | 5 | 14 % |
| 2 | drawing creation | 4 | 11 % |
| 3 | issue troubleshooting | 4 | 11 % |
| 4 | cost estimation | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | documentation maintenance | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | tooling development | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | troubleshooting | 3 | 8 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

36 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- tooling design — 39 % (14 ads)
- tool design — 33 % (12 ads)
- gd&t — 19 % (7 ads)
- fixture design — 14 % (5 ads)
- project management — 14 % (5 ads)
- tolerance analysis — 14 % (5 ads)
- tooling development — 14 % (5 ads)
- problem solving — 11 % (4 ads)
- problem-solving — 11 % (4 ads)
- blueprint reading — 8 % (3 ads)

**Top tools:**

- SolidWorks — 28 % (10 ads)
- AutoCAD — 19 % (7 ads)
- CATIA — 14 % (5 ads)
- Creo — 11 % (4 ads)
- Catia V5 — 8 % (3 ads)
- NX — 8 % (3 ads)
- Windchill — 8 % (3 ads)
- CAD software — 6 % (2 ads)
- casting simulation software — 6 % (2 ads)
- Gibbs CAM — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 72 % · senior 19 % · n/a 3 % · junior 3 % · lead 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Tooling Engineer | 9 |
| Tooling Design Engineer | 3 |
| Senior Tooling Engineer | 2 |
| Equipment & Tool Engineer 2 | 1 |
| GSE & Tooling Engineer III | 1 |
| Injection Molding Process & Tooling Specialist Lead | 1 |
| Manufacturing Tooling Engineer | 1 |
| Mechanical Engineer / Tooling Supervisor | 1 |
| Mechanical Engineer, Missile Defense Tooling & MGSE Design Senior - Staff | 1 |
| Mold & Tooling Engineer — Lead Repairs & New Tool Builds | 1 |
| Principal Engineer Tool/ Sr. Principal Tool Engineer- Tool Desig Jobs | 1 |
| Progressive Die Tooling Engineer for High-Volume Stamping | 1 |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Tooling) | 1 |
| Senior Tooling Engineer - Aerospace CAD Lead (Equity, Unlimited PTO) | 1 |
| Senior Tooling Engineer, Injection Molding Expert | 1 |
| Senior Tooling Engineer: Aerospace Prototyping & Fixtures | 1 |
| Sr. Tooling Development Engineer | 1 |
| Tool Engineer | 1 |
| Tooling Engineer Copper Tube & Drawing Ops | 1 |
| Tooling Engineer II | 1 |
| Tooling Engineer III-Composites | 1 |
| Tooling Engineer: CNC Setup & Fixture Design | 1 |
| Tooling Engineering | 1 |
| ToolingPrincipal Tooling Engineer Level 23 | 1 |
| UAM Everfox Tool Engineer | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.