CNC Manufacturing Engineer

CNC Manufacturing Engineer

Elkhart, IN

$90-110k

This role is has responsibilities to develop, recommend, and trouble shoot tooling and equipment and manufacturing processes. Ensure new product launch success. Define and implement cost savings and process improvements.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Prepares work to be cost estimated by gathering proposals, blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
• Evaluates manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research, applying knowledge of product design, fabrications, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operators
• Design, recommend, and advise on manufacturing tools, fixtures, and fabrication equipment including repair and build
• Recommend and purchase CNC cutting tools for process requirements and improvements
• Design and build Locating fixtures, CNC Fixtures, and Machining fixtures
• Direct CNC operators on methods of CNC machining
• Provide trouble shooting of CNC machining operations, including 3 and 5 axis milling, CNC Lathe, and Wire EDM
• Create tooling required for other processes using CNC milling and wire EDM.
• Create and maintain CNC programs for 3 Axis mills, CNC Lathe, and wire EDM using Master CAM and machine proprietary programs. Program Laserdyne 5 axis laser, including responsibility for Laser PM and fixtures
• Develop manufacturing processes and improvements within CNC machining department
• Assure product quality by developing robust processes, inspection methods, and tooling
• Contribute to quoting of new work through analyzing previous performance and developing process workflows
• Launch new programs and assist with creating tooling, Machining trials and improvements
• Supervise Tool Room including project load, Tool Maker schedules, time approval, & personnel issues

Qualifications and Educational Requirements:

• High School Diploma, 2 year Technical/engineering degree/Tool and Die Journeyman
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in CNC 3 axis Mill and CNC Lathe programming
• Hands on experience in Tool and Die highly desired
• Elumatec Machining experience a plus
• CNC programing experience required (MasterCAM software)
• MS Office (including Word and Excel)
• MS Projects – experience a plus
• AutoCAD/Inventor 3D experience required