Senior Gear Systems Technologist - CNC & Gear Repair Lead

JWC Machine and Fab; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Health insurance

Annual performance bonus

Job summary

JWC Machine and Fab in Mobile, AL seeks a Senior Gear Systems Technologist. You identify gears from partial specs, determine pitch, material, and production method, and set up CNC, hobbing, shaping, or grinding operations.

You will oversee heat treatment, finishing, and inspection to ensure spec conformance. You will guide engineers, mentor junior staff, and contribute to tribal knowledge while advancing gear technology for industrial customers.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on background in gear manufacturing, repair, or gearbox rebuilding.
• Fluent in full gear characterization by inspection: type, pitch, pressure angle, tooth geometry, and material.
• Proven experience with hobbing, grinding, shaping, or CNC multi-axis gearmaking.
• Proficiency with gear metrology tools and standard AGMA references.

Responsibilities

• Identify gear type, geometry, tooth count, material, and production method from partial or inspected data.
• Produce gears and components on CNC and manual equipment; select processes like hobbing, shaping, grinding.
• Inspect gears for tooth form, runout, surface finish, and dimensional conformance using gear checkers, CMM, and measurements.
• Repair gears: tooth restoration, hub changes, bore and keyway operations.
• Interpret gear drawings and AGMA specs; work from customer data.
• Reverse-engineer parts from samples with engineering collaboration.
• Recommend materials, heat treatment sequences, and finishing methods for the application.
• Serve as internal gear authority, coaching junior staff over time.

Skills

Gear manufacturing

Gear inspection

CNC multi-axis

GD&T

AGMA standards

Blueprint reading

CMM

Gear metrology

Hobbing

Grinding

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

CMM

Gear checkers

CAD

CAM software

Calipers & micrometers

Job description

JWC Machine and Fab in Mobile, AL seeks a Senior Gear Systems Technologist. You identify gears from partial specs, determine pitch, material, and production method, and set up CNC, hobbing, shaping, or grinding operations.

You will oversee heat treatment, finishing, and inspection to ensure spec conformance. You will guide engineers, mentor junior staff, and contribute to tribal knowledge while advancing gear technology for industrial customers.