CNC Process Optimization Engineer

Location: Rochester, NY
Compensation: $37–$45 per hour
Industry: Precision Manufacturing / CNC Machining
Employment Type: Direct Hire

You start your morning on the shop floor, not behind a desk. You’re shoulder-to-shoulder with machinists, reviewing setups and cycle times, spotting bottlenecks, and testing tweaks that shave minutes from programs without sacrificing quality. By mid-day, you’ve facilitated a quick Kaizen huddle, aligned on a plan to reduce scrap on a tricky part family, and run a root cause analysis on a recurring downtime event. The afternoon is spent implementing 5S improvements, validating a tooling change, and documenting a better workflow so the next shift hits the ground running.

• Lead continuous improvement projects across CNC machining to boost throughput, quality, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Be a visible, hands-on presence on the floor—troubleshoot issues, remove constraints, and fine-tune machining processes.
• Collaborate with machinists, supervisors, and production teams to streamline workflows, cut scrap, and minimize downtime.
• Apply Lean, Kaizen, 5S, and root cause analysis to deliver measurable, sustainable results.

• Proven CNC machine shop experience (non-negotiable).
• Background in Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, or shop-floor Continuous Improvement in a machining environment.
• Working knowledge of CNC processes, tooling selection, setups, cycle-time optimization, and production flow.
• Comfort operating in a hands-on role, partnering directly with machinists, and owning improvements from idea to implementation.

• Competitive pay: $37–$45 per hour.
• Immediate, tangible impact on production performance.
• Established precision manufacturing operation with a climate-controlled facility.
• Long-term direct-hire stability with room to lead meaningful change.

This role is built for engineers who thrive on the floor—observing, experimenting, improving.

If you have deep CNC shop experience and a passion for continuous improvement, we’d love to connect.

• Continuous Improvement
• Aerospace Manufacturing

Apply today and let’s talk about your next move.