Dental CAD Designer; Experienced; TN

Description

The Dental CAD Designer is responsible for designing high-quality restorations that meet company standards, doctor prescriptions (Rx), and patient-specific requirements. This role supports daily production goals by designing cases in dental CAD software and collaborating with Production and Quality teams to ensure restorations are accurate, consistent, and on time.

• Read, interpret, and execute Doctor Rx and preferences to design restorations using 3
  
  Shape and/or Exocad
  .
• Design restorations while accounting for adjacent and opposing dentition, margins, contacts, occlusion, anatomy, and emergence profiles.
• Design across common case types, including:

• Ensure contacts and occlusion reflect doctor preferences, prescription instructions, and internal design guidelines.
• Organize, prioritize, and manage workload to meet daily production deadlines.
• Support digital workflows as needed.
• Assist with downstream workflow tasks as needed (based on training matrix and department needs), such as:

• Maintain quality standards and participate in continuous improvement of design consistency and production outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned based on department needs.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 2+
  years of dental CAD design experience in a production environment (or equivalent demonstrated experience).
• Required: Experience designing restorations in 3
  
  Shape and/or Exocad
  .
• Required: Ability to design full-arch restorations
  .
• Strong understanding of dental anatomy, smile design, occlusion, contacts, and restorative design principles.
• Strong visual perception, attention to detail, and reading comprehension.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously and hit deadlines.
• Ability to sit for up to 8 hours per day.
• Communicate and work well with others across CAD/CAM and production teams.

• Experience with complex and specialty case workflows (including implant-heavy cases and larger multi-unit designs).
• Familiarity with CAM and support tools such as Millbox
  , nesting, and milling workflow coordination.
• Experience supporting green state preparation and QC-related checks in collaboration with finishing teams.