CNC Process Programmer – Swiss, Lathe & Milling Automation
At The Lee Company, your code turns metal into precision. Picture a typical day: you start with a challenging print, review machine specifications, map out the operation flow, then translate it all into clean, efficient G/M-code. By mid-morning, you’re aligning tooling, feeds, and speeds, ready to prove out your program on the floor. The afternoon brings collaboration—working with Tool Design and Manufacturing to refine tooling strategies—then monitoring a lights-out run you set up the night before. You leave knowing the overnight process and robotics cell will keep humming.
What You’ll Do
Program CNC lathes, Swiss lathes, and mills using current machining practices; develop new processes that enable reliable overnight, continuous (lights-out) runs.
Design and document operation sequences, tooling layouts, and machine setup instructions from part drawings, machine specs, and electronic control data, applying established methods and standards.
Align and code steps for tool operations, speeds, feeds, and workpiece positions to match planned sequences.
Prove out programs on the machines when needed; monitor setups and first-piece runs to validate methodology, tooling, and part quality.
Revise and optimize programs to correct errors, adapt to new tooling, improve surface finish, and reduce cycle time and cost.
Partner closely with Tool Design and Manufacturing teams to plan or update tooling designs and arrangements for new and existing work.
Contribute to robotic automation development and integration to support unattended production.
What You Bring
High school diploma, GED, or trade school education; an associate degree in manufacturing technologies (or similar) is ideal.
Solid knowledge of metal cutting and CNC machining processes.
Diagnostic skill for machining issues including tool failure, rough finishes, and chip accumulation.
Proficiency with CNC controls, precision measuring equipment, hand tools, and specialized trade tools.
Comfort using computers for data entry and document creation.
Mechanical aptitude paired with strong math capability.
Ability to read blueprints, proofread documents, train others, and complete production paperwork.