Senior CNC Set-up and Applications Engineer (PPG#337154)

Job Description

Job Description

Our client, a manufacturing facility specializing in parts for the Aerospace Industry, is seeking a Senior CNC Set-up and Applications Engineer for their Elk Grove Village, IL facility.

Experience required : 4-axis or 3+2 axis, fixture creation, tooling,

Nice to have experience: Automotive, Robotic Fusion 360

Pay range: $25-$30/hr.

Job Summary

Confidential AS9100-certified precision machining job shop is hiring a Senior CNC Setup & Applications Engineer to lead advanced job setup, tooling, fixturing, and machining process execution for complex, high-mix, tight-tolerance work.

This role is ideal for someone with strong hands-on experience in 3-axis, 4-axis, and 5-axis milling, plus simple CNC lathe setups, who can develop practical, repeatable setup strategies that work in real shop conditions. We are looking for someone creative, process-driven, and highly capable in solving difficult manufacturing challenges involving work holding, tool access, rigidity, datum strategy, and process stability.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and improve advanced CNC job setups for complex machined parts

• Create practical tooling, fixturing, and work holding solutions for 3-, 4-, and 5-axis milling

• Support simple CNC lathe setup planning and application

• Evaluate prints, tolerances, materials, and machine capability to determine the best setup approach

• Support prove-outs and troubleshoot setup, fixturing, tooling, and machining issues

• Improve repeatability, first-pass success, and process consistency

• Create clear setup documentation, tool lists, work holding notes, and operation guidance

• Work closely with programmers, machinists, and inspection personnel to ensure reliable execution

• Apply strong blueprint reading and GD&T understanding in a build-to-print environment

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Qualifications

• 5+ years of Automation Machinery Manufacturing experience

• 5+ years of work experience with Computer Numerical Control (CNC)

• 5+ years of work experience with Machinery

• Strong experience in CNC setup, tooling, fixturing, and applications engineering

• Proven hands-on experience with 3-axis, 4-axis, and 5-axis milling setups

• Experience with simple CNC lathe setups

• Strong understanding of work holding, clearance, stick out, chatter control, chip evacuation, and tolerance repeatability

• Ability to create setup documentation machinists can follow 

• Strong blueprint reading and GD&T skills

• Experience in a precision machining job shop environment

• AS9100 / aerospace manufacturing experience preferred

• Familiarity with Mastercam and/or Fusion 360 preferred

Benefits

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Company pays 85%+ of employee premiums

Please note:  Employment offers are contingent upon successfully passing a drug test, E-Verify verification, and background check.

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Company Description

You can be good at a lot of things. We prefer to be great at one thing. For us, that is staffing and recruiting.\r\n\r\nAs a prospective Barton Staffing Solutions employee, we provide employment opportunities at Greater Chicago-land’s leading companies, good pay, and the opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills while keeping your career moving forward.\r\n\r\nExcellence is our minimum standard. If this sounds like the way you work and you are ready to learn more about how we can help your career, contact us today.