CAD Designer

Job Title: CAD Designer

Industry: Manufacturing

Location: Fairport, NY

Client Overview

This is a large, publicly traded materials science company, tens of thousands of employees worldwide, well over 15 billion dollars in annual revenue, with a 170 plus year history of inventing new glass, ceramic, and optical technologies. Operates across five major segments spanning optical communications, specialty materials, display technologies, environmental technologies, and life sciences. The company's work shows up in products most people use every day, from consumer electronics to automotive to medical devices. This role sits within one of their U.S. manufacturing or engineering operations.

Top 3 Skills

• CAD proficiency for 3D modeling and technical drawing creation
• GD&T per ASME Y14.5
• Tooling and fixture design for manufacturing and inspection processes
  
  

What You'll Do

• Create 3D models, part drawings, assembly drawings, and tooling documentation
• Develop part specification drawings defining geometry, tolerances, materials, finishes, and functional requirements
• Design tooling, fixtures, and hardware for grinding, polishing, and metrology operations
• Apply GD&T principles per ASME Y14.5 to support manufacturing and inspection requirements
• Collaborate with engineers, machinists, technicians, and manufacturing staff on practical, manufacturable design solutions
• Incorporate design for manufacturability across both conventional machining and FDM additive manufacturing
• Support revision control and maintenance of released drawings and CAD models
• Review and interpret engineering concepts, sketches, legacy drawings, and existing hardware to produce accurate documentation
• Support tolerance, fit, and interface considerations for precision components
• Help develop tooling concepts that improve handling, repeatability, throughput, and measurement accuracy
  
  

What We Need From You

• Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident
• Associate degree or technical certification in Drafting, Mechanical Design, Engineering Technology, or a related field
• 3 or more years of professional drafting/CAD experience in precision mechanical or optomechanical environments
• Proficiency in mechanical CAD software
• Strong working knowledge of GD&T per ASME Y14.5
  
  

Preferred / Bonus

• Experience with PTC Creo
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Ceramic Engineering, Glass Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field
• Experience designing tooling, fixtures, or production support hardware
• Experience with optic generation processes or optomechanical systems
• Familiarity with FDM 3D printing
• Experience with PLM/PDM systems such as Windchill, Teamcenter, or Agile
• Knowledge of tolerance stack up analysis, materials, and surface finishes
  
  

Buzzwords

CAD, drafting, GDT, tooling, fixtures, Creo, optomechanical, Windchill, Teamcenter, Agile, FDM, additive, metrology, mechanical, precision

Top 3 LinkedIn Job Titles

• CAD Designer
• Mechanical Designer
• Drafter
  
  

Internal Market Recap

Pay Positioning

• Candidate facing rate is $31.47/hr, derived per Corning's stored rate rule (description Max Bill Rate $45.00/hr divided by 1.43). The description also carries a Magnit stated expected pay range of $23.78 to $30.00/hr, but per the stored client rule that Magnit boilerplate is compliance language, not a stated rate, and is disregarded here in favor of the derived figure.
• This lands right around the middle of the market for CAD Designer/CAD Drafter contract work: national contract average runs about $31/hr with a rough $27 to $37/hr band, and PayScale's New York specific CAD Drafter figure sits around $28.60/hr. Classification: Aligned. The written scope (3 years, GD&T, tooling and fixture design, precision optomechanical documentation) matches what this rate realistically buys.
• Positions requested: 1. Maximum submissions per supplier: 3. Interview process not stated on the posting.
  
  

Selling Points & Watch Outs

• Corning is a well known, stable, 170 year materials science company, easy to sell on legitimacy and long term footing.
• One year contract with stated potential to extend, straight daytime M-F schedule, no weekend or off-hours work.
• This is a precision optomechanical CAD/tooling role, not a generalist drafting job. Screen for real 3D CAD experience in a precision manufacturing setting early rather than assuming general CAD familiarity transfers.
• US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is a hard requirement on this req, screen for it up front.
• First requisition on file at this specific Fairport site, so there is no prior outcome history here yet to draw on.
  
  

Candidate Profile

• A CAD designer or drafter with 3 or more years of precision mechanical or optomechanical drafting experience, comfortable with GD&T and tooling/fixture design, likely currently working as a Designer, Drafter, or CAD Technician at a similar precision manufacturing employer.
  
  

Sourcing Channels

• Search LinkedIn on the CAD/drafting Boolean below, focused on precision manufacturing, optics, and optomechanical employers in the greater Rochester area, supplemented by local drafting/engineering technology program graduates.
  
  

LinkedIn Location Coverage

Fairport is an outer ring suburb of Rochester in the town of Perinton, about 10 miles east of downtown via NY-31 and I-490, roughly 15 to 20 minutes out, sitting alongside Pittsford, Penfield, Webster, and East Rochester on the east side of the metro.

Lean coverage list

• Rochester, NY (~15-20 min)
• Pittsford, NY (~10-15 min)
• Penfield, NY (~10-15 min)
  
  

Broad coverage list

• Rochester, NY (~15-20 min)
• Pittsford, NY (~10-15 min)
• Penfield, NY (~10-15 min)
• East Rochester, NY (~10-15 min)
• Webster, NY (~15-20 min)
• Victor, NY (~15-20 min)
• Irondequoit, NY (~20-25 min)
• Brighton, NY (~20-25 min)
• Henrietta, NY (~25-30 min)
• Greece, NY (~25-30 min)
  
  

Full type and confidence table saved to the Client Locations record.

Boolean Search String

(CAD OR drafting OR drafter) AND (GD&T OR GDT OR tolerancing OR tooling OR fixture OR fixtures) AND (Creo OR optomechanical OR precision OR machining OR fabrication OR FDM OR additive OR Windchill OR Teamcenter OR Agile OR PDM OR PLM OR metrology)