CNC Manufacturing Engineer II
On-siteGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Drive continuous improvement initiatives across high-mix product lines to elevate quality, enhance productivity, and reduce rework. Coordinate between Design and Manufacturing to ensure new jobs run smoothly from concept through production, resolving ambiguities before they reach the craftspeople. Oversee the development of physical machine setups, fixtures, and tooling, refining machining strategies based on real-world machine behavior and material response. Create and maintain supporting documentation, including setup instructions, machining notes, and tooling requirements to clearly communicate expectations to machine operators and planning teams. Lead the creation and maintenance of executable CNC machine programs for wood operations, translating engineering outputs into reliable production workflows. Review and validate CNC programs prior to production release, verifying tooling selection, clearances, depths, and post-processor accuracy. Diagnose and correct failures across CNC programs and operator execution, implementing solutions that are repeatable, simple, and production-stable.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing engineering environment
- focus on CNC programming
- machine setup
- process engineering
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in wood operations
- millwork
- furniture manufacturing
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- related discipline
- highly experienced candidates with demonstrated shop-floor CNC skill sets
- Advanced proficiency in CAM programming software
- interpreting CAD models
- experience with software such as ALPHACAM
- Mastercam
- SWOOD
- Strong technical understanding of CNC machining principles
- feeds and speeds
- workholding
- sequence planning
- fixture design
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- written and verbal
- ability to influence across teams
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects
- fast-paced, design-driven environment
- maintaining attention to detail
- quality
- A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
- passion for craftsmanship
- innovation
- continuous improvement
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