Manufacturing Engineer / Estimator

Position Title: Manufacturing Engineer / Estimator (Confidential Client)
Location: East Aurora, NY | On-site
Employment Type: Direct Hire

Company Overview (Confidential)

Our Client is a high-tech machine shop producing highly complex components for the automotive, aerospace and high-tech industries.

Position Summary

As a Manufacturing Engineer you will be interacting with machinists, engineers, supervisors, and managers to keep production moving while ensuring products meet Our Client's quality standards. Partner with machinists to answer questions and address any issues that arise during the machining of highly complex Aerospace components. Review specifications and issues with design/quality engineering to resolve questions and product deviations. Work with the scheduler to maintain the optimal production sequence of jobs. Support quoting efforts and prepare first pass processing methods of highly complex Aerospace components.

Candidates should have strong hands-on CNC machining experience with demonstrated expertise in CNC programming and turning operations. Experience driving process improvements, optimizing manufacturing workflows, implementing Lean Six Sigma principles, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives is highly desirable. Our Client will consider only U.S. citizens and green card holders for this role.

Primary Functions

• Develop, write, test (simulates), and optimize CNC programs of numeric controlled tooling machinery, by using CAD/CAM technology and methodology. Check completed programs by running simulations or tests on Vericut
• Develop, determine, and describe the setups of the tooling machines (how to position and fix the workpiece and the tool in relation to the machine axes)
• Provide up-to-date CNC programs, posted code (manuscript), set-up documentation, and tooling information (tool list, tool offset values, etc.) for CNC machined operations
• Lead a Manufacturing team for successful execution of a product through the shop (both preparedness and in process support of shop floor execution). This includes running prove-outs on the machine floor to validate the process and get ready for production release.
• Create and approve final work instructions for development and production hardware
• Generate estimates for new hardware and enter into the quoting system
• Participate and or lead Design for Manufacturing meetings
• Support production activities by getting answers to process questions and working through established processes to resolve product non-conformance issues
• Implement of lean process improvements activities to meet schedule and cost targets

Must-Haves

• A bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing engineering, or associates degree with direct experience is required
• 3 or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment involving heavy CNC machining/programming. 10 or more years of Manufacturing Experience may be substituted for degree
• Manufacturing experience in a machine shop environment while possessing intimate solid understanding of manual machine methods (tool selection, speeds, feeds, HP)
• Hands on experience running CNC Mills, Lathes, EDM, or Grinding equipment
• Specific knowledge and experience in CAD/CAM technology and methodology specifically NX, Mastercam, Espirit, and Mazatrol.
• Experience working closely with shop floor personnel to solve issues (tooling, machines, etc.) as they arise

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding the impact of programmed tool path, therefore proven experience machining parts from start to finish using manual turning and milling operations is highly desirable

Equivalent Experience

10 or more years of Manufacturing Experience may be substituted for degree.

Sponsorship Available: No