Sr. DFM & GDT Lead
Description
Position Summary:
Tuuci is seeking an experienced Sr. DFM and GD&T Lead to ensure products transition from engineering design into accurate, manufacturable, production-ready documentation. This role owns production 3D models, cut lists, and exploded assembly documents; leads DFM/DFA reviews; validates GD&T and tolerance stack-ups; owns DFMEA; and serves as the primary liaison between Tuuci’s U.S. engineering team and the Tuuci Asia Engineering team.
This role is critical to translating design engineering intent into documentation the factory can build right the first time. The ideal candidate combines deep GD&T expertise, strong DFM discipline, and the ability to drive documentation quality, standardization, and cross-functional alignment.
Location & Reporting Relationships:
This position is based in Miami, FL and reports to the Sr. Manufacturing Engineering Manager within the Manufacturing Engineering team. The role works closely with the New Product Engineering team, the Sr. Mechanical Engineer (CNC/Tooling), the Manufacturing Methods Manager, Quality Assurance, and the Tuuci Asia Engineering team.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Own all production 3D models across Tuuci product families, ensuring accuracy, completeness, configurability, and revision control
- Create and maintain exploded assembly documents and cut lists that clearly support production, service, and technical documentation needs
- Establish and enforce 3D modeling standards, configuration rules, design table structure, and file management practices for high-variant products
- Lead formal DFM/DFA reviews for new products and significant engineering changes, evaluating manufacturability, assembly efficiency, materials, finishes, and cost drivers
- Validate GD&T across production drawings, ensuring datum schemes, tolerances, and inspection methods align with manufacturing capability
- Perform tolerance stack-up analysis for critical assemblies and drive design corrections before release to production
- Establish gold-standard drawing practices aligned with ASME Y14.5, including inspection-ready callouts and consistent datum strategy
- Own all DFMEA reviews, maintain DFMEA documents throughout the product lifecycle, and drive design-risk mitigations to closure
- Serve as the primary liaison with the Tuuci Asia Engineering team, assigning work, reviewing deliverables, and approving documentation before release
- Own DFM, and Manufacturing Transition activities, ensuring all documentation, DFM review outputs, GD&T validation, and DFMEA actions are complete for Production Readiness
- Drive part standardization across product families to reduce complexity and improve manufacturing consistency
- Coach engineers through drawing reviews, stack-up analysis, and DFM/GD&T best practices using real product examples
- Communicate technical requirements clearly across U.S. engineering, Tuuci Asia, quality, and manufacturing teams
Education and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field; equivalent experience considered
- 12–20+ years of mechanical design experience in high-mix manufacturing environments with significant drawing and documentation responsibility
- Expert ASME Y14.5 GD&T capability, including datum strategy, geometric tolerancing, and tolerance stack-up analysis for complex assemblies
- Advanced SolidWorks proficiency including configurations, design tables, parametric modeling, large assemblies, and drawing package management
- Strong DFM/DFA background spanning CNC machining, fabrication, finishing/coating, and assembly
- Demonstrated experience conducting DFMEA reviews and driving actionable design improvements from FMEA outputs
- Experience managing remote or offshore engineering teams and maintaining quality standards across time zones
- Proven ability to improve documentation quality and completeness under schedule pressure without creating bottlenecks
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with product design, machining, fabrication, assembly, quality, and supply chain teams
- Practical understanding of how drawings and models translate into real manufacturing operations
- Experience with configurable products, modular platforms, and high-variant product structures preferred
- Familiarity with metrology and inspection planning tied to GD&T preferred
Tuuci Offers:
- Welcoming friendly environment
- Culture that encourages diversity of thought
- Support for professional growth and development
- Dynamic and talented staff of creative professionals
- Collaborative environment that welcomes innovative ideas and allows you to make an immediate impact on the team
- Health benefits, matching 401k retirement plan, paid holidays, sick days, personal days
About Tuuci:
For more than 26 years, Tuuci® has revolutionized outdoor living spaces with durable, innovative shade and furniture products featuring nautically inspired designs. Founded by Dougan Clarke in 1998, the Ultimate Umbrella Company, Inc., (simply known as “Tuuci”), was born from his seaside roots in Miami, where Clarke began his career as a marine outfitter for high performance yachts.
With a keen eye on design and a passion for form and function, Clarke applied his craftsmanship to the shade industry to create Tuuci’s unique brand of marine grade shade architecture. Today, Tuuci’s distinctive, award-winning parasol designs, luxury indoor-outdoor furniture, cabanas and pergolas, and space-making accessories are experienced around the world and sought by leading design professionals within the commercial, hospitality and residential design communities.
Globally headquartered in Miami, the company owns two additional manufacturing centers in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia, and operates showrooms in Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and The Netherlands.
Tuuci’s sense of community is a cornerstone of the company’s foundation, providing charitable outreach across a host of environmental and humanitarian concerns. The company’s mission is to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service.