Senior CNC Machinist

About the Role

We are seeking an autonomous, Senior Machinist. In this role, you will program our Haas VMCs and operate manual lathe and mill occasionally. This role requires high-level experience and precision to create setups for handling tight tolerances, occasionally solving non-routine task.

Beyond machining, you will act as a technical partner to our internal engineering teams, providing vital Design for Manufacturability (DFM) feedback, while directly managing shop inventory, tool procurement, and 5S workplace organization standards.

Responsibilities

• Advanced Machining & Programming: Program complex parts, create set up and run Haas VMCs.
• Machining prototypes, tools, fixtures, and low-volume runs.
• High-Stakes Part Modification: Safely execute challenging setups to modify critical, high-value components and machine hardened materials while maintaining tight tolerances.
• Engineering Collaboration & DFM: Partner directly with in-house product design and equipment design groups to review early concepts and provide DFM feedback that optimizes designs for manufacturing.
• Procurement & Inventory Management: Independently order tooling, and raw materials; track usage to maintain minimum material inventory levels.
• Performing routine and preventative maintenance on equipment, including daily operational checks, to ensure proper functioning.
• Maintaining a clean, orderly, and safe work area in compliance with all safety standards.

Qualifications

• Evidence of a completed High School or GED is required.
• Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in Machining Technology or equivalent vocational training is preferred.
• Experience: 5+ years of senior-level CNC programming and setup experience on Haas VMCs, plus strong manual lathe skills.
• Material Expertise: machining Aluminum, Steel, SST, and Plastics, experience successfully handling hardened materials.
• Precision: Consistently capable of holding tight, tolerances on critical high precision components.
• Blueprint Reading: Interpret technical drawings, engineering blueprints, and GD&T symbols accurately.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with engineering teams and clearly articulate technical DFM feedback.
• Organizational Skills: Experience managing tool/material inventory and implementing or maintaining 5S/Lean methodologies.

Candidate Confidentiality & Information Protection

As part of our commitment to protecting confidential and proprietary information, candidates should not disclose or provide Amperesand with any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information belonging to a current or former employer or any other third party during the application or interview process.

Please do not submit or present employer-owned source code, schematics, designs, technical documentation, internal presentations, customer information, prototypes, or other confidential materials. Candidates should discuss their experience and accomplishments at an appropriate level and use only information and materials they are authorized to share.

Pay Disclosure & Benefits

• Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.
• The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States.

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
• Commuter Benefits
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)

Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.