CNC Machinist

Required

• Experience: about 5 years (3–7) in a working machine shop, with real stick time on both CNC mills and CNC lathes.
• CNC programming (required): you write your own programs from CAD in CAM — we run Mastercam — read and edit G-code at the control, and have proven out your own programs. Running someone else's program does not meet this bar.
• Setup and operation: workholding, fixturing, tool and work offsets, first-article proof-out; you hold ±0.001" when the print calls for it.
• General shop process and inspection: manual machining, sawing, drilling, tapping, deburring and fitting; read GD&T and inspect with calipers, micrometers, height and bore gauges.
• Flexible schedule: willing to work a staggered shift coordinated with the Machine Shop Manager — early starts some weeks, late finishes others.
• Compliance and physical: U.S. citizenship, ability to pass a background check, lift 50 lb and stand for long periods.
• Prototype or R&D shop background: one-offs, fast turnaround, incomplete drawings, engineers at your elbow.
• 4th/5-axis milling, live-tooling lathes, Fanuc macros and probing cycles.
• CAD, not just CAM: model a fixture or simple part in SolidWorks and design your own workholding.
• Secondary processes: TIG welding, sheet metal, 3-D printing, or spec'ing anodize, plating and heat treat.
• Weapon, firearms, aerospace or defense hardware; security clearance or the ability to obtain one.