Senior Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineer – CNC Tooling & Fixturing
- Miami, FL | Onsite 5 days per week*
Our client in Miami is seeking a Senior Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineer – CNC Tooling & Fixturing to join a highly customized manufacturing environment. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone with strong experience in CNC manufacturing, tooling, workholding, and fixture design. Manufacturing experience is required.
This individual will lead the design and validation of tooling, fixtures, and workholding systems that support safe, accurate, and repeatable CNC machining. This role serves as a key bridge between product design and manufacturing execution, helping ensure parts are production-ready and machinable at scale.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and validate production fixtures, jigs, and workholding systems for CNC machining
- Own the full fixture lifecycle, including concepting, design, build support, validation, documentation, and revision control
- Develop standardized and modular workholding methods to reduce setup time and improve consistency
- Define datum schemes and setup standards to support alignment across CNC programming, inspection, and assembly
- Create setup documentation including datum references, clamping requirements, torque specifications, and first-piece verification criteria
- Review CAM outputs, toolpaths, and G-code to confirm fixturing assumptions and datum strategies are properly applied
- Establish probing and in-process verification methods to improve repeatability and catch issues early
- Build and maintain tooling libraries, including standard and specialty tools and application guidelines by material
- Partner with new product introduction efforts by delivering validated fixtures and setup documentation ahead of pilot builds
- Lead first-article prove-outs with programmers and operators
- Maintain fixture design standards, setup templates, and structured documentation for repeatable execution
- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions tied to fixturing, datum strategy, or workholding issues
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered
- 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in CNC machining environments
- Strong expertise in tooling, fixture design, datum strategy, and workholding for machined parts
- Proficiency in SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software
- Ability to review G-code, CNC toolpaths, and CAM outputs
- Strong understanding of machining capability, metrology, and dimensional inspection related to fixture validation
- Ability to create clear, shop-ready documentation such as setup sheets, fixture drawings, and standard work
- Strong DFM judgment related to CNC machining, including tolerancing, tool access, material behavior, and surface finish
- Experience with structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, A3, Fishbone, or 5-Why preferred
- Familiarity with probing systems, in-process inspection, and GD&T / ASME Y14.5 preferred
Salary Range: 125-145K