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CNC Manufacturing Engineer

West Springfield, MA

Posted: 08/26/2026 Job Number: 38351

Job Description

We are hiring for a CNC Manufacturing Engineer in the West Springfield, MA area.

Summary:
This position will initially focus on the technical estimating and process-planning responsibilities. As the successful candidate learns our customers, employees, equipment, and workflow, the position can grow into a broader operations-management role.

Job Duties:
•    Read and thoroughly interpret complex engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, tolerances, and customer requirements.
•    Review incoming RFQs and determine whether a part is a good fit for our equipment and capabilities.
•    Evaluate the overall manufacturability of CNC-machined components.
•    Develop a practical manufacturing strategy for each quoted part.
•    Determine the machines, tooling, setups, operations, and outside services required to manufacture a part.
•    Estimate setup time, machining time, programming time, inspection requirements, material needs, and outside-processing costs.
•    Identify tight tolerances, difficult features, special specifications, and potential manufacturing risks before a quotation is submitted.
•    Research unfamiliar materials, specifications, processes, coatings, heat treatments, and customer requirements.
•    Communicate with customer engineers, purchasing representatives, suppliers, and outside processors when technical clarification is required.
•    Work closely with our internal quoting team to prepare complete, competitive, and accurate quotations.
•    Consult with machinists, programmers, inspectors, and company leadership when developing manufacturing plans.
•    Help improve the consistency and accuracy of our estimating and process-planning methods.
•    Support the transition of awarded work from quotation into programming, production, inspection, and delivery.

 Required:
  • US Citizen
  • Blueprint Reading Is Critical
    -Advanced blueprint reading is an essential requirement for this position. The successful candidate must be able to evaluate a print, recognize critical requirements, understand how the part will be manufactured, and identify anything that could affect cost, quality, inspection, or delivery.
    -Experience interpreting geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), material specifications, surface finishes, special processes, and inspection requirements is strongly preferred.
  • Must understand CNC machining well enough to evaluate setups, operations, tooling requirements, machining difficulty, and realistic manufacturing times
  • Ability to determine how a machined part should be manufactured.
  • Ability to develop realistic setup, machining, and production-time estimates.
  • Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
  • Comfortable asking technical questions and communicating directly with engineers and customers.
  • Organized and capable of managing multiple RFQs and priorities.
  • Able to work collaboratively with machinists, programmers, inspectors, estimators, and management.
  • Interested in learning the complete operation and growing into a position with broader responsibility.
     
Preferred:
  • CNC programming experience is helpful but is not required
  • Experience with CAMWorks, Mastercam, or similar CAM software would be beneficial
Salary:  $100-$150K
Location:  West Springfield, MA
Duration:  Permanent

If you are interested or would like more information on this position, please click the apply button or contact me directly at:

tharvey@selectek.net or call me at (678) 802-6625

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