Aerospace-Oriented CNC Milling Technician

Build with purpose

Picture this: a complex metallic component with tight tolerances and critical surfaces. You plan the setup, verify your offsets, and scan the G/M code so you know exactly what will happen at the spindle. Your first article clears inspection—micrometers, calipers, comparator checks, and gauges all agree. As the run progresses, you track tool wear, deburr edges, and troubleshoot issues before they become problems. You finish strong with a documented last-piece inspection and recommendations to make the next run even better—all while keeping your area 5S clean.

Your impact

• Set up and operate CNC mills to machine metallic parts accurately and efficiently.
• Manage tool life and optimize tooling performance for consistent results.
• Interpret engineering specifications, shop drawings, and blueprints to guide machining.
• Conduct first-article, in-process, and final inspections using micrometers, calipers, comparators, and gauges aligned to process documents.
• Perform routine operator maintenance for reliable machine performance.
• Troubleshoot tooling or equipment issues and implement corrections.
• Carry out basic deburring and in-process rework to meet quality standards.
• Drive process enhancements and continuous improvement.
• Maintain a tidy, efficient workstation following 5S practices.

What you’ll need

• 3+ years of CNC milling experience.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• High attention to detail and excellent accuracy.
• Proficiency in basic shop arithmetic.
• Required: ability to read and understand G- and M-codes.
• Familiarity with general safety and quality systems.
• Willingness to pitch in across the manufacturing floor as needed.

Great to have

• Experience in aerospace manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated tool life management expertise.
• Ability to read, write, and interpret instructions, prints, and engineering specs.
• Background setting up 3-axis machines.
• Comfort interpreting CMM reports.

Technical fluency

• CNC tooling
• G-code and M-code
• CNC machine setup and changeover

Equipment you’ll operate

• CNC Mill (3–4 axis VMC)
• CNC Mill (5+ axis VMC)

If you have aerospace experience or aspire to those standards, you’ll thrive in this precision-driven role.