Build what moves cities
At Siemens Mobility, we’re redefining rail through automation and digitalization. With a 160+ year legacy in electrification, transportation, and infrastructure, we engineer solutions that elevate safety, reliability, punctuality, and sustainability for passengers and freight. Join our Sacramento, CA Rolling Stock division and help craft the components that power modern rail.
Your impact
- Translate detailed blueprints and verbal direction into precision machining, including rework when requirements evolve.
- Independently set up and operate CNC equipment, CMM, FARO Arm, and milling machines to produce compliant parts.
- Collaborate tightly with engineers and manufacturing teams to meet exacting specifications.
- Clamp and deburr girders and truck frames to deliver smooth, safe, production-ready surfaces.
- Measure girders and truck components using precision tools to verify tolerances and quality.
- Drive consistency across processes and outputs, maintaining rigorous quality standards.
- Complete daily preventive maintenance and cleaning per standardized checklists.
- Diagnose and resolve machining and assembly issues quickly with cross-functional partners.
Qualifications that set you up for success
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum 2 years’ machining/fabrication experience or formal technical training; solid CNC G-code programming knowledge (Sinumerik 840D experience is a plus).
- Background as a machining technician, machine operator, or lathe operator.
- Expert blueprint reading and strong foundational reading, writing, and math.
- Proficiency with dial indicators, micrometers, calipers, bore micrometers, and gauges.
Working conditions
- Frequent walking; reaching; stooping; kneeling; crouching; or crawling.
- Frequent climbing of stairs, steps, and ladders.
- Regular work on elevated platforms and overhead tasks.
- Occasional lifting/moving up to 40 pounds.
- Visual acuity needs: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
- Willingness to work in non-climate-controlled spaces and, if required, in inclement weather.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Rewards and growth
- Starting hourly rate: $23.40–$31.66. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
- Health, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA, and Commuter Benefits on Day 1.
- 401(k) match, generous PTO, and employee discounts.
- Tuition Reimbursement, mentoring, and robust online learning to advance your career.
- Engage in meaningful, innovative work within a fast-evolving tech environment.
- Benefits details: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
Location
Join us at our world-class train manufacturing facility in Sacramento, CA.
Legal and eligibility
- Upon offer of employment, candidates will be subject to a background check and drug screen.
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without needing current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.
Make your mark
Bring your ideas, refine your craft, and help us create rail solutions that serve millions. We’re constantly developing new answers for rail automation—often to questions that haven’t been asked yet.