Job Description
Job Title: Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
Location (On-site, Remote, or Hybrid?): Bolingbrook, IL (onsite)
Contract Duration: Contract until 06/30/2027
Work Hours: Tentative Shift: 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Position Summary
Seeking a highly experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer with deep expertise in CNC machining within the automotive industry. This role is responsible for optimizing machining processes, improving throughput and quality, and leading CNC programming and process development initiatives across production lines. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, 'working' engineer capable of troubleshooting, programming, and driving continuous improvement on the shop floor.
Key Responsibilities
- Optimize machining processes to improve OEE, reduce scrap, and increase throughput.
- Develop, modify, and validate CNC programs for lathes and milling machines (vertical and horizontal).
- Lead toolpath development and cutting strategy optimization for automotive components.
- Identify and implement optimal tooling, inserts, and workholding solutions.
- Troubleshoot machining issues including cycle time, tool wear, chatter, and dimensional variation.
- Collaborate with Quality to ensure process capability (Cp/Cpk) and first-piece validation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles.
- Develop and maintain process documentation, work instructions, and standards.
- Work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, and quality teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 5+ years of CNC programming and machining experience in automotive manufacturing.
- Expertise in CNC lathes and milling machines (Fuji, Mori Seiki preferred).
- Proficiency in CAM software (Mastercam or similar) and AutoCAD.
- Strong understanding of GD&T, blueprint reading, and tolerance stack-ups.
- Experience with CMMs, Zoller tool presetters, and measurement systems.
- Knowledge of carbide tooling, inserts, and tool holders.
- Experience with fixtures (hydraulic and pneumatic) and workholding design.
- Strong knowledge of SPC, capability studies, and process control.
- Hands-on troubleshooting and shop floor support experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in high-volume automotive production environments.
- Background in multi-axis machining.
- Familiarity with ERP/MES systems.
- Six Sigma or Lean certification.
- Experience leading process improvement projects.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Bolingbrook, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.techlinksystems.com |
About Company
TechLink Systems is a national provider of staffing services with offices in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Columbus, and Ft Lauderdale as well as a development and support center in Bangalore, India. We are an NMSDC and WBENC Certified Minority Business that has been recently recognized with the TAPFIN 2016 Excellence Award as well as became a TAPFIN Elite Partner of 2016. We serve the contract staffing, recruitment and HR management, project outsourcing, and software development needs of clients nationwide including many Fortune 500 companies. Striving to create personal relationships with clients, TechLink becomes a virtual extension of clients’ own in-house capabilities to help achieve new levels of growth, productivity, and competitiveness. At TechLink, seasoned industry professionals deliver an array of custom-tailored managed services including IT security, support, project management, and much more. The company’s talented recruiters and HR specialists have backgrounds in many cutting-edge, high-performance industries making TechLink Systems an ideal partner for recruitment process outsourcing. We even have a development center located in Bangalore, India, which is used to serve clients’ needs for outsourced software development projects.
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