Aerospace CNC Machinist

Laborup
  • Boston, MA
    27 days ago

    Job Description

    Job Summary

    We are hiring skilled CNC Machinists to join our high-mix, low-volume aerospace and defense machine shop. In this role, you will machine mission-critical, tight-tolerance components for satellites, fighter jets, helicopters, and beyond.

    Our machinists own their work end-to-end, from setup through final inspection, and play a direct role in quality, delivery performance, and continuous improvement.

    Why Join Us?

    • Sign-On Bonus: $30,000
    • Unrivaled Equipment: Work with high-precision 3-, 4-, and 5-axis mills and lathes across the highest end brands
    • Fertile Soil for Growth: A highly dynamic job shop setting where you have autonomy over your work
    • Premium Environment: Do high-impact aerospace work in a facility that is modern, clean, and fully air-conditioned.

    Compensation

    • Starting pay negotiable and market competitive, and communicated through the interview process.

    Shifts

    • Day Shift
    • Monday - Friday

    Consistent Overtime

    • 10+ hours / week for those who want it
    • Rarely required for those who don't

    Relocation

    • Relocation assistance available

    Responsibilities

    • Autonomy: Setup, run, inspect, and document results across our floor, heavily utilizing advanced 5-axis machines and mill-turn centers.
    • Manual Fundamentals: You don’t just rely on the machine; you understand exactly what the cutter is doing. You leverage deep manual machining fundamentals to troubleshoot chatter, read chip formation, optimize tool pressure, and tackle the most complex setups.
    • Strategy & Execution: Select tooling, establish offsets, build bulletproof workholding strategies, and optimize processes.
    • Quality Control: Hold tight tolerances from the first piece through the final run using manual micrometers, indicators, and precision gauges.
    • Programming Mastery: Read, understand, and efficiently edit G-code and M-code on the floor to restore quality and maximize throughput.
    • Problem Solving: Troubleshoot dimensional, tooling, and machine variables on the fly to achieve first-article success on both proven and unproven parts
    • Advanced Quality (preferred): The ability to program/operate CMMs and independently conduct formal First Article Inspections (FAI) is highly preferred).
    • Advanced Programmer (preferred): Experience fully programming from scratch in Mastercam is a plus but not required

    Requirements

    Qualifications

    Required

    • Experience: 8+ years in precision, tight-tolerance machining (more is always welcome).
    • Precision: Proven ability to hold .0005” (5 tenths / ~13 microns) or tighter on critical features, and the manual skills to verify it.
    • Technical Fluency: Deep understanding of complex blueprints and advanced GD&T (true position, parallelism, profile, concentricity, flatness, coaxiality).
    • High-Setup Environment: Comfortable in shops where setup time is 30%+ of the job, frequently handling complex setups with 10+ tools.
    • Quality Background: Deep expertise of manual CMM's

    Preferred

    • Aerospace: Strong tenure in Aerospace manufacturing and machining environments
    • Quality Standards: Experience in ISO 9001 or AS9100 shops
    • Equipment Mastery: Extensive experience setting up multi-axis equipment (5-axis mills, mill-turns, and/or multi-axis lathes).

    Benefits

    • Medical, dental, vision
    • 401(k) with match
    • PTO

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBoston, MA

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