CNC Manufacturing Engineer

We are hiring for a CNC Manufacturing Engineer in the West Springfield, MA area. We are seeking an experienced manufacturing professional who can evaluate machined components, develop practical manufacturing plans, and prepare accurate estimates. This position will initially focus on the technical estimating and process-planning responsibilities. As the successful candidate learns our customers, employees, equipment, and workflow, the position can grow into a broader operations-management role. This is a direct hire opportunity, with a minimum base salary of 100K. Compensation will be relevant to experience and education. Job Description: • Read and thoroughly interpret complex engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, tolerances, and customer requirements. •Review incoming RFQs and determine whether a part is a good fit for our equipment and capabilities. •Evaluate the overall manufacturability of CNC-machined components. •Develop a practical manufacturing strategy for each quoted part. •Determine the machines, tooling, setups, operations, and outside services required to manufacture a part. •Estimate setup time, machining time, programming time, inspection requirements, material needs, and outside-processing costs. • Identify tight tolerances, difficult features, special specifications, and potential manufacturing risks before a quotation is submitted. •Research unfamiliar materials, specifications, processes, coatings, heat treatments, and customer requirements. • Communicate with customer engineers, purchasing representatives, suppliers, and outside processors when technical clarification is required. • Work closely with our internal quoting team to prepare complete, competitive, and accurate quotations. • Consult with machinists, programmers, inspectors, and company leadership when developing manufacturing plans. • Help improve the consistency and accuracy of our estimating and process-planning methods. • Support the transition of awarded work from quotation into programming, production, inspection, and delivery. Required: US Citizen Blueprint Reading Is Critical -Advanced blueprint reading is an essential requirement for this position. The successful candidate must be able to evaluate a print, recognize critical requirements, understand how the part will be manufactured, and identify anything that could affect cost, quality, inspection, or delivery. -Experience interpreting geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), material specifications, surface finishes, special processes, and inspection requirements is strongly preferred. Must understand CNC machining well enough to evaluate setups, operations, tooling requirements, machining difficulty, and realistic manufacturing times Ability to determine how a machined part should be manufactured. Ability to develop realistic setup, machining, and production-time estimates. Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving abilities. Comfortable asking technical questions and communicating directly with engineers and customers. Organized and capable of managing multiple RFQs and priorities. Able to work collaboratively with machinists, programmers, inspectors, estimators, and management. Interested in learning the complete operation and growing into a position with broader responsibility. Preferred: CNC programming experience is helpful but is not required Experience with CAMWorks, Mastercam, or similar CAM software would be beneficial