Senior CNC Programming Engineer (5-Axis, Mastercam)

Job Description

Job Description

Senior CNC Programming Engineer (5-Axis, Mastercam)

Location: Addison, IL

Employment: Direct Hire

Schedule: 1st Shift, Monday–Friday, 6:00 AM–2:30 PM (Overtime available)

Compensation: $45–$55 per hour

A day in the life

At 6:00 AM you step onto the floor, open Mastercam 2025, and load a new aerospace component model. You translate tight ASME Y14.5-2009 GD&T into efficient multi-axis toolpaths, selecting cutters and fixtures that balance accuracy with cycle time. You send a pilot program to the Mazak 5-axis VMC, coordinate first-piece inspection with QA, and document in-process checkpoints. By mid-morning, you’re partnering with tooling suppliers to trial a new cutter geometry, capturing results and rolling the improvement into standardized machining plans. After lunch, you refine post edits, verify everything in Vericut, and distribute the final program to the shop per policy. Before you leave, you update manufacturing plans, archive revision-controlled tool lists, and capture lessons learned for the team.

What you will own

• Create and revise CNC programs with complete tooling, fixturing, and setup documentation that meet quality and workmanship standards.
• Collaborate with tooling vendors to stay on the cutting edge of process capability and efficiency; design and run tool tests with implementation plans.
• Utilize Mastercam 2024–2025, SolidWorks, and Vericut to build robust manufacturing plans and verified machine code.
• Manage controlled program release and shop-floor distribution in line with company policy.
• Work closely with QA to define in-process and first-article inspection points and documentation.
• Optimize existing programs, including fixture concepts and strategies to reduce cycle time and increase throughput.
• Contribute as a dependable team player and take on other related projects as assigned.

Your background

• High school diploma or GED.
• 10+ years of CNC programming experience and 5+ years hands-on CNC machining experience.
• Fluent in Mastercam 2024–2025; experienced with Vericut and common program editors.
• Proficient with SolidWorks for model interrogation and fixture concepts.
• Strong blueprint literacy and GD&T per ASME Y14.5-2009.
• High-level knowledge of Mazak, Haas, and Heidenhain controls.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Track record of delivering parts that meet or exceed specifications.

Preferred traits

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience).
• Clear communicator who thrives in a team setting.
• Manufacturing engineering mindset with strong multitasking and problem-solving.
• Self-directed and reliable with minimal supervision.
• Detail-obsessed and quality-driven.

Environment and equipment

• High noise levels from operating machines; moving equipment and machine parts.
• Potential exposure to fumes, dust, mist, oils, and cutting fluids.
• Machines: CNC Mill (5+ axis VMC) — Mazak, Haas; CNC Lathe (5+ axis) — Mazak.

What you should already excel at

• GD&T
• CNC Programming
• CNC Machine Setup and Changeover
• Mazak, Haas, Heidenhain controls
• Mastercam 2024–2025
• SolidWorks
• Vericut
• QA collaboration

Compliance

**Requirements: Resume / Interview / Background Check / Drug Test / Authorized to work in the U.S. (ITAR Facility)