Sixth Sense Designs, LLC is seeking a highly skilled and self-motivated CNC Coding Specialist

Compensation Range: $55,000-$85,000 (Comp DOE)

We are expanding and are looking to grow our team with a highly motivated experienced CNC Coding Specialist.

Our customers span a diverse range of industries like automotive aftermarket, defense, consumer medical, and sporting goods. This role requires an ability to quickly develop CNC programs and optimize them for efficient production runs.

If you are a top-notch CNC Coding Specialist that is looking to make a move to a company that can not only value your expertise but can back that with a highly competitive compensation package and profit sharing, then this job may be for you. However, this job requires a significant investment of your time, passion, and requires demonstration of your best performance. This opportunity is only for a leader that sets the standards and holds themselves to a high standard of performance. This is a career not a job. If you want to become a business partner of a growing business and have top-notch skills and want to be highly rewarded for hard work, then we have a match. Furthermore, you know you are a fit if you believe in hard work, setting the standard, holding yourself highly accountable, and expect great rewards.

The CNC Coding Specialist is responsible for developing CNC programs, optimizing them for efficient production runs, and ensuring the quality and safety standards are met. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with the design team to ensure manufacturability. Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment that embraces continuous improvement.

Ideal candidate is a self-starter and a driven CNC Coding Specialist that takes pride in developing high-quality programs and loves to exceed customer expectations. Candidate should be mature and expect to receive candid feedback quickly from leadership and be able to make course corrections as required to help the business succeed and thrive. You must also be able to hold other team members accountable to meet our high standards. We believe in empowering this candidate with high levels of responsibility and decision making. We will support you and be out of your way.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop CNC programs for machining parts
• Optimize CNC programs for efficient production runs
• Collaborate with the design team on manufacturability
• Inspect machined parts (first article)
• Maintain high quality and safety standards
• Complete daily production/quality logs/travelers
• Hold other team members to a high caliber of performance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to read and understand complex mechanical drawings or models
• Must be able to read and interpret drawings per Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T) standards
• Responsible for complete, accurate, and compliant documentation
• Comfortable working in an ISO9001 environment and embraces continuous improvement
• Must be proficient in CNC coding with the ability to troubleshoot, edit, and prove out new processes
• Must possess strong experience with feeds and speeds for machining complex materials
• Ability to use inspection tools as needed
• Ability to hold tight tolerances
• Strong verbal communication skills
• CAD/CAM software experience is helpful
• Must be self-sufficient and able to work to demanding schedules while maintaining high quality
• Able to lift materials not exceeding 75lbs
• Develop, train, and provide technical support to less experienced CNC Operators
• Responsible for quick turnaround support and potential rework when required
• Collaborate and advise design team on design for manufacturability
• Write instruction sheets and tool lists for machining centers
• Aid in the training of production operators on the use of CNC machine control and tools
• Computer literate with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

Education and Experience

• 2-year vocational degree in machining field and/or equivalent experience and education
• Minimum 8-12 years of precision machining direct work-related experience
• Strong familiarity with CNC controllers is a must
• Strong familiarity with high-speed machining for mills is important and experience with live tooling for lathes is a requirement

Work Environment

• This position is located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico
• There is no remote work option
• We value a strong work-life balance and offer some flexibility to support that when you are meeting desired performance
• Drug-free environment and regular testing is required

Must be a US Citizen or Naturalized Citizen

Relocation Assistance: We will provide some relocation support for the right candidate

Benefits: Flex Shifts available (9-80’s or 4-10’s), Some Flex Time, Paid Overtime, Paid Vacation, 401K, HSA/FSA, Floating Holidays, Adoption assistance, performance bonuses, Paid Training for Professional Development, we value our Veterans and individuals serving in the Reserves or National Guard. (Other specialized benefits available upon request or for the right candidate). We will go out of our way for you if you will do the same for us.

We also value prior CNC / Machining / Manufacturing College Instructors or CAD/CAM applications engineers.

You should be proficient in:

• GD&T
• CNC Coding
• Machine Setups for Production Runs
• CAD/CAM Software
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• Blueprint Reading

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• CNC Mill (3-4 axis VMC)
• CNC Lathe (2-4 axis) (Haas)
• CAM Software (Mastercam)

Salary info:

$26 - $40 / hr