Senior Manufacturing Engineer & CNC 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

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.