Advanced CNC Manufacturing Engineer

Advanced CNC Manufacturing Engineer – 5-Axis & Mill-Turn

Location: Perkasie, PA Employment type: Full-time Compensation: $125,000–$150,000 per year, depending on demonstrated capability Relocation assistance: Available for the right candidate

We are seeking an unusually capable CNC manufacturing professional to own the development of complex machining processes from engineering model through stable production.

This is not a position limited to generating CAM toolpaths. The person in this role will determine how difficult components should actually be manufactured: datum strategy, operation sequence, work holding, fixture design, tooling, cutting methods, machine utilization, inspection, simulation, prove-out, and process documentation.

The successful candidate may have come through either of two paths:

• An exceptional machinist-programmer who developed engineering-level process-design capability; or
• A manufacturing or applications engineer with extensive hands‑on CNC programming and machine prove‑out experience.

A four-year engineering degree is not required. Demonstrated technical ownership of difficult machining projects is more important than educational pedigree.

Given a model, drawing, material requirement, quantity, and available manufacturing resources, you must be able to develop a safe, economical, and repeatable manufacturing process.

You will be expected to identify missing information, research unfamiliar technical issues, work directly with equipment and tooling suppliers, evaluate alternatives, and defend your decisions using sound manufacturing reasoning.

The position includes both engineering work and practical shop‑floor implementation. You will remain involved through first‑piece prove‑out and process stabilization rather than handing an untested program to production.

• Review models, drawings, GD&T, material requirements, and production quantities for manufacturability.
• Develop complete machining strategies for complex aerospace components.
• Determine datum structures, operation sequences, setup quantities, and datum‑transfer methods.
• Design or direct the design of custom fixtures, jaws, pallets, mandrels, supports, and other work holding.
• Evaluate work holding concepts for rigidity, accessibility, repeatability, distortion, clamping force, and tolerance accumulation.
• Program complex 3‑axis, 3+2, simultaneous 5‑axis, turning, and mill‑turn operations.
• Develop processes for multichannel and multitasking machines, including spindle transfers and synchronized operations where applicable.
• Select cutting tools, inserts, holders, extensions, coolant strategies, and machining parameters.
• Consider machine kinematics, travel limits, singularities, tool reach, holder clearance, spindle limitations, and collision risk.
• Use machine simulation and verification to validate programs before physical prove‑out.
• Work with post‑processor developers and equipment suppliers to identify and correct post, machine‑definition, and control issues.
• Develop probing, in‑process verification, and final inspection strategies in coordination with Quality.
• Plan for material movement, residual stress, thin‑wall distortion, heat generation, tool deflection, and tolerance recovery.
• Lead or directly participate in first‑piece setup and machine prove‑out.
• Diagnose dimensional, finish, tool‑life, chatter, collision‑clearance, and process‑stability problems.
• Optimize cycle time without compromising safety, tool life, dimensional control, or process robustness.
• Produce clear setup sheets, tool lists, fixture documentation, process plans, revision‑controlled programs, and technical rationale.
• Establish reusable CAM, tooling, fixture, simulation, and process‑development standards.
• Coordinate technical work with machine‑tool, CAM, cutting‑tool, work holding, probing, and metrology suppliers.
• Mentor machinists and programmers and transfer sufficient knowledge for production personnel to run and maintain released processes.
• Support equipment selection, capability analysis, estimating, and manufacturing planning for future work.

The current environment includes:

• Machine tools: variety…