Job Description
As a family-run, high-tech company with nearly 19,000 employees at 71 locations worldwide, we are looking for forward thinkers with unconventional ideas and drive to join our team. Our company culture, which values collaboration and mutual trust, creates the ideal framework for boldly trying new things and questioning the status quo. Our technologies inspire people to develop and produce things that are currently unimaginable. Whether lasers, machine tools, EUV or electronics - TRUMPF is building technological worlds for future generations. Are you ready for new challenges?
Teach, inspire, and elevate manufacturing teams. As a TRUMPF Technical Instructor, you’ll train customers and employees on world‑class machines—covering operation, programming, maintenance, and best practices—through standardized classes in Chicago and tailored on‑site trainings across North America and abroad.
What you’ll do
- Deliver engaging, hands‑on training across assigned TRUMPF product lines.
- Tailor curricula to customer needs; refine materials with the Head of Punch/PressBrake Training.
- Collaborate with HQ trainers and curriculum developers to keep content current and clear.
- Lead on‑site trainings and conduct field research at customer facilities and TRUMPF sites (up to 33% travel).
- Manage schedules, attendance, and training records; assess Service Engineer performance during training.
- Collect and analyze learner feedback to continuously improve course quality.
- Contribute to Continuous Improvement and SYNCHRO initiatives and special projects.
What you bring
- Strong technical foundation with CNC sheet metal machine tools (TRUMPF experience preferred).
- Training and/or field service background strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication skills and confident classroom presence.
- Solid PC skills: OS, networking, Microsoft Office.
- Education: 2‑year technical degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
Why TRUMPF
- Teach industry‑leading technology that shapes modern manufacturing.
- Blend classroom impact with real‑world, on‑site problem solving.
- Join a collaborative, global team with clear paths to grow
Salary Range: $36.77 - $44.95
TRUMPF Inc. endeavors to make TRUMPF careers pages accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance in completing the applications process, please contact our HR department at 860.255.6000 or at
HRgeneral@us.trumpf.com
. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and can not be used to inquire about the status of application.Numbers & Facts
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Manufacturing - Other |
| Salary | $36.77–$44.95 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1923 |
| Website | https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/careers/ |
About Company
"Trusting in brave ideas" - this is our promise to everyone who works for us. As a family business, we decide long-term and provide our people with the trust and stability needed to bring their ideas to fruition, even the unconventional ones. Being a market and technology leader in machine tools and lasers, we courageously shape the networked manufacturing of tomorrow, meeting every challenge with bold, fresh thinking.
We offer our customers innovative, high-quality products as well as solutions to their problems in the areas of sheet metal processing, laser-based production processes, electronic applications and hospital equipment. TRUMPF is a leading global high-technology company and produces machine tools, lasers and electronics for industrial applications. Our technologies are used in the manufacture of the most diverse products, from vehicles, building technology and mobile devices to state-of-the-art power and data storage. As an independent, family-owned company we think and act long-term, and this is why we have been a guarantor of innovations for many decades now.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) Systemsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Computer Skillsunmatched
- Content Developmentunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Customer Trainingunmatched
- Electronicsunmatched
- High Tech Industryunmatched
- Machine Toolunmatched
- Machining Operationsunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Metal Manufacturingunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- On Site Supportunmatched
- Operating Systemsunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Quality Managementunmatched
- Research Skillsunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Technical Trainingunmatched
- Training/Teachingunmatched
- Training/Teaching Curriculumunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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