Manufacturing Engineer III

Gleason Cutting Tools Corporation, 1351 Windsor Road, Loves Park, Illinois, United States of America

Posted Tuesday, September 1, 2026 at 4:00 AM

About Gleason
With more than 2,200 employees and 13 manufacturing facilities worldwide, Gleason Corporation is a leader in gear technology. Gleason's product and service offerings include gear and transmission design software, gear manufacturing machines and related accessories, gear metrology equipment and automation systems. Gleason products are used by customers in e-mobility, commercial vehicles, aerospace, agriculture, mining, sustainable energy, construction, power tools, marine and many other industries
Working for Gleason, you will be connected to work that matters, putting your expertise to its best use while developing skills for the future. The result is a career defined by you, supported by Gleason and built on tangible accomplishments. As we continue to grow and evolve, we are looking for the right people to join us on our mission. If you are interested in being part of our team, there are a few things you should know:
We are energized by challenges and the effort needed to solve them. We like working with people who are positive, adaptable and growth-minded. We care how work gets accomplished and are deeply invested in the success of our customers and colleagues.

If this sounds like you, we invite you to read on and learn more.

Why work at Gleason?

• Excellent benefits package including a 6% Company 401(k) match
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Formal and informal Development opportunities.

Manufacturing Engineer

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for the design, requisition, order processing, documentation and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives as related to manufacturing processes, fixturing, tooling, and production equipment. Works closely with production personnel to solve problems using lean manufacturing principles. Provides CAD/CAM support in material removal manufacturing environment with multi-axis turning, milling, EDM and precision grinding equipment.

We are looking for applicants who have the "roll up the sleeves" eagerness to support our manufacturing team that thrives in an environment of consistent problem solving.

Responsibilities:

• Generate manufacturing process routings to ensure cost-effective, high-quality precision components.
• Evaluate and determine internal manufacturing or purchase BOM items.
• Use PTC Creo CAD software to develop solid models, drawings and BOM for fixturing, tooling and machine components to support manufacturing operations via engineering request system.
• Apply geometric tolerances and mechanical drafting standards to ensure proper form-fit-function.
• Create work holding product quotations with target margin for sales/customer inquiries.
• Participate on continuous improvement kaizen teams, apply lean techniques of problem solving including; PDCA, Five-Whys, Fish Bone Diagrams, Pareto Charts, Gemba, Polka-Yoke, 6S, DOE, TPM, OEE, VSM,etc.
• Understand ISO quality and environmental programs.
• Provides hand-on production support in material removal manufacturing environment.
• Assist with daily production CNC programming requirements for vertical machining centers and multi-axis lathes using PTC Creo and Esprit CAM systems.
• Ability to develop parameter driven macro-based ISO g-code or EIA for CNC machinery.
• Work with tooling vendors to identify opportunities for testing and machining efficiency improvement opportunities.
• Organize, Perform and document tooling trials, clearly identify and communicate results for cost reduction and/or cycle time improvements. Tooling includes, but not limited to, perishable tooling, grinding wheels, truing tools, dressing tools,…