Job Description
Job Posting: Model Maker Technician
Position Type: Full-Time
Job Overview
We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Model Maker Technician to join our hardware engineering team. In this hands-on prototyping role, you will bring innovative autonomous mobility solutions to life by building high-quality prototypes, functional proof-of-concepts, and first-article assemblies.
Working closely with cross-functional engineers and designers in a fast-paced development environment, you will leverage your expertise in CNC setup, machining, welding, and advanced fabrication to produce precision components from CAD models and engineering drawings.
Key Responsibilities
- CNC Setup & Machining: Set up, calibrate, operate, and maintain 3-axis and multi-axis CNC machines (mills, lathes) to produce precision prototype components according to tight tolerances and specifications.
- Hands-On Fabrication: Perform metalworking operations, including milling, turning, drilling, shearing, bending, and basic welding to fabricate custom prototype parts.
- Advanced Materials & Additive Manufacturing: Work with composites, plastics, and 3D printing (additive manufacturing) platforms to support diverse hardware prototyping needs.
- Finishing & Craftsmanship: Utilize hand tools and precision finishing equipment to deburr, polish, fit, and refine parts to ensure high aesthetic and functional craftsmanship.
- Quality & Inspection: Inspect finished components against blueprints, CAD models, and GD&T specifications using precision measurement tools (calipers, micrometers, height gauges, CMM).
- Design Collaboration & DFM: Partner with engineers and designers to review early-stage designs, troubleshoot fabrication challenges, and provide feedback on Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
- Shop Safety & Maintenance: Maintain a clean, organized, and safe shop environment, adhering to safety protocols for equipment operation, chemical handling, and waste management.
Qualifications & Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
- Experience: 2+ years of experience as a Model Maker, Fabricator, Machinist, or CNC Operator in a rapid prototyping, R&D, or fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Technical Blueprint Reading: Proficiency in reading and interpreting complex engineering drawings, blueprints, and CAD models (SolidWorks, CATIA, etc.).
- Tooling & Precision Measurement: Demonstrated skill with manual/CNC machine tools, precision measuring instruments, and basic knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles.
- Problem-Solving & Communication: Strong mechanical problem-solving mindset with the ability to troubleshoot fabrication issues and communicate project updates or technical risks effectively.
- Safety Adherence: Proven commitment to shop safety rules, PPE compliance, and safe material handling.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Education: Associate's Degree, Technical Certification, or Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, or a related trade field.
- Software & Documentation: Experience using project tracking and documentation tools such as Jira, Confluence, or digital shop management systems.
- Multi-Disciplinary Fabrication: Experience combining metals, composites, sheet metal, and 3D-printed elements into complex electro-mechanical assemblies.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Foster City, CA |
| Job Type | Full-time, Employee |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $0–$63 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Foster City, CA, US |
| Website | https://www.comrise.com/en |
Benefits
401K, Life Insurance
About Company
Headquartered in New Jersey since 1984, Comrise is a staffing, consulting and enhanced search technology company. For over 38 years, we have delighted our clients and consultants by focusing on customer satisfaction, innovation, and flexible workforce solutions!
Our team partners with top-performing companies across the Medical Device, Financial Services, Information Technology and Engineering industries. Our Cross Border Division connects professionals in North America and Asia with employers both locally and internationally.
Comrise has been awarded "Best of Staffing Client Satisfaction” for the last nine years.
Specialties: Managed IT Solutions, Big Data Solutions (Training, Staffing, Consulting, BDaaS), and Workforce Solutions (Staff Augmentation, Recruiting, RPO, Payrolling)
Skills
- 3D Printingunmatched
- Additive Manufacturingunmatched
- Atlassian JIRAunmatched
- Blueprintsunmatched
- CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing)unmatched
- CATIA CADunmatched
- CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) Systemsunmatched
- CNC Milling Machineunmatched
- Capability Maturity Model (CMM)unmatched
- Composite Materialsunmatched
- Computer Engineeringunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Drillingunmatched
- Electromechanical Assemblyunmatched
- Engineering Drawingunmatched
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancingunmatched
- Hand Toolsunmatched
- Hardware Administrationunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Industrial Designunmatched
- Latheunmatched
- Machine Toolunmatched
- Machiningunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Designunmatched
- Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
- Metal Cuttingunmatched
- Metalworkingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Proof of Conceptunmatched
- Prototypingunmatched
- Rapid Prototypingunmatched
- Relocation Servicesunmatched
- Research & Development (R&D)unmatched
- Retail Managementunmatched
- SolidWorksunmatched
- Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
- Tolerance Analysisunmatched
- Waste Managementunmatched
- Weldingunmatched
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