Manufacturing Engineer / Estimator

MetaOption, LLC; East Aurora (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MetaOption, LLC in the United States seeks a Manufacturing Engineer / Estimator to support CNC machining for aerospace components. You will interact with machinists and engineers to ensure quality and on-time production, review specs with design/quality teams, and help optimize production sequencing.

Responsibilities include creating CNC programs, setups, work instructions, and quoting, while applying lean methods to meet cost targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering, or an associates degree with direct experience.
• 3+ years in manufacturing with heavy CNC machining/programming; 10+ years may substitute degree.
• Machine shop experience with manual machining (tool selection, speeds/feeds).
• Hands-on experience with CNC mills, lathes, EDM, or grinding.
• Experience machining parts from start to finish using manual turning and milling; understand tool-path impact.
• CAD/CAM knowledge with NX, Mastercam, Espirit, Mazatrol.
• Experience coordinating with shop floor to resolve tooling/machine issues.

Responsibilities

• Develop, write, test (simulate) and optimize CNC programs using CAD/CAM; verify with Vericut.
• Setups: describe how to position and fix the workpiece and tooling.
• Provide updated CNC programs, posted codes, setup docs, and tooling info for CNC operations.
• Lead a Manufacturing team for shop-floor execution; run prove-outs for production release.
• Create and approve final work instructions for development and production hardware.
• Generate estimates for new hardware and enter into quotes system.
• Participate in Design for Manufacturing meetings.
• Support production by resolving process questions and addressing non-conformances.
• Implement lean improvements to meet schedule and cost targets.

Skills

CNC Machining

CNC Programming

Process Development

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

CAD

Education

All education level

Tools

Vericut

NX

Mastercam

Espirit

Mazatrol

Job description

Manufacturing Engineer / Estimator

Skills: CNC Machining, CNC Programming, Process Development and Optimization, Lean Manufacturing / Lean Six Sigma Methodologies, Continuous Improvement Initiatives, CAD

Experience level: Mid-senior

Experience required: 10 Years

Education level: All education level

Relocation assistance: Limited assistance

Visa sponsorship eligibility: No

Target Industry: Automotive/Aerospace/Hi Tech industry

Manufacturing Engineer / Estimator

As a Manufacturing engineer you will be interacting with machinists, engineers, supervisors, and managers to keep production moving while ensuring products meet quality standards. Partner with machinists to answer questions and address any issues that arise during the machining of highly complex Aerospace components. Reviewing specifications and issues with design/quality engineering to resolve questions and product deviations. Working 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.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Qualifications you must have

• 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
• 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
• 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