CNC Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Title: CNC Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $80,000-95,000 per year

Full Benefits

Limited Relocation Assistance is Available

Sterling Engineering is hiring a CNC Manufacturing Engineer for a well-established precision machining company with more than 70 years of manufacturing excellence. This is a great opportunity to join a growing engineering team that has recently invested in advanced CNC equipment, Swiss machining technology, robotics, automation, CAD/CAM programming, and CMM inspection systems. You'll play a critical role in shaping the future of the company's manufacturing engineering function while working on complex, high-precision components for demanding industries. If you enjoy process development, programming, continuous improvement, and solving challenging manufacturing problems, this role offers significant technical ownership and long-term career advancement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, edit, and optimize CNC programs for high-volume production machining
• Support CAD/CAM programming and manufacturing process development
• Program and support INDEX Swiss, CNC lathes, multi-spindle CNC machines, and similar turning equipment
• Develop machining strategies that improve productivity, quality, and cycle times
• Review customer drawings, GD&T requirements, and engineering specifications
• Select tooling, establish cutting parameters, and develop tooling packages
• Create and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, setup sheets, work instructions, and manufacturing documentation
• Troubleshoot CNC programming, tooling, setup, production, and quality issues
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, quality, and manufacturing performance

Qualifications:

• Must have 5-10+ years of strong CNC programming experience in a production machining environment
• Must have substantive experience with CAD/CAM software (Esprit or similar preferred)
• Needs to be able to read, edit, troubleshoot, and optimize G-code and M-code programs
• Experience programming INDEX Swiss, Swiss CNC, multi-spindle CNC, CNC lathes, or similar equipment
• Strong understanding of tooling selection, feeds and speeds, offsets, setup strategy, and cycle time optimization
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and apply GD&T principles

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Meet Your Recruiter

Galen Schloming
Senior Technical Recruiter

Galen is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with nearly 14 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, spanning agency leadership, high-volume technical recruiting, and executive-level client partnership. Since joining Sterling in February 2026, he has brought a strategic, relationship-driven approach to supporting candidates and clients across manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and more.

Galen is dedicated to solving complex hiring challenges and building trusted, long-term partnerships with candidates, hiring managers, and executives. He takes the time to understand each person's experience, goals, and career ambitions so he can help connect them with opportunities that align with both their skills and long-term direction.

For Galen, recruiting is about being an advocate and facilitator during important moments of transition and opportunity. He genuinely enjoys learning what motivates people and helping them take meaningful next steps in their careers while supporting companies in building strong, high-performing teams.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

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