Machining Engineer
Ichor Holdings
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- Location
- Sauk Rapids, MN
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 1
- 18 days ago
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About the company
Ichor Holdings
Semiconductors · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you'll do
- Lead process improvement and optimization initiatives across machining and manufacturing operations.
- Analyze existing processes to identify opportunities to improve cycle time, throughput, quality, cost, capacity, ergonomics, and equipment utilization.
- Develop and implement improved manufacturing methods, workflows, and process sequences.
- Design and optimize production lines, manufacturing cells, and workstation layouts to improve flow and eliminate waste.
- Identify manufacturing constraints and bottlenecks and develop solutions to increase production capacity.
- Evaluate and implement automation and semi-automation opportunities, including robotics, machine tending, material handling, inspection, and other manufacturing technologies.
- Design fixtures, tooling, workholding, and manufacturing aids to improve process capability, repeatability, productivity, and ergonomics.
- Apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to reduce waste, variation, defects, and non-value-added activity.
- Use data, time studies, process metrics, and root-cause analysis to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities.
- Lead projects from initial problem definition through solution development, implementation, validation, and sustainment.
- Support new equipment selection, manufacturing technology evaluation, equipment installation, and process qualification.
- Partner with machinists, technicians, operations, quality, and engineering teams to develop practical and sustainable process improvements.
- Develop and maintain standard work, process documentation, manufacturing instructions, and other production standards.
- Support machining process development and optimization, including tooling, workholding, cutting parameters, and CNC programs when required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline, with a strong industrial or manufacturing focus.
- 5–10 years of engineering experience in mechanical, industrial, systems, or manufacturing engineering within an industrial or production environment. Systems Engineering experience should include a strong industrial/manufacturing background.
- Demonstrated experience leading process improvement and manufacturing optimization projects within a production environment.
- Working knowledge and hands-on experience with manual and CNC machining processes.
- Experience with production line or manufacturing cell design and optimization, including identifying inefficiencies and implementing practical improvements.
- Experience designing fixtures, tooling, or manufacturing aids.
- Experience using CAD software for equipment, tooling, fixture, or manufacturing layout development.
- Strong understanding of Lean manufacturing, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Ability to analyze manufacturing data, identify root causes, and translate findings into practical process improvements.
- Strong understanding of machining fundamentals, engineering drawings, tolerances, GD&T, and production systems.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead improvement projects from concept through implementation.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills with operators, machinists, technicians, engineers, and leadership.
- Experience with SolidWorks and/or Mastercam.
- Experience with manufacturing automation, robotics, machine tending, automated inspection, or equipment integration.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Experience with CNC programming.
- Experience with capacity analysis, time studies, value-stream mapping, manufacturing simulation, or manufacturing economics.
- Experience supporting capital equipment projects, production line launches, or manufacturing technology implementation.
What you need
- Strong mechanical and industrial engineering expertise, with hands-on knowledge of manual and CNC machining.
Key skills
mechanical engineeringindustrial engineeringCNC machiningmanual machiningtooling and fixturesautomationmanufacturing technology
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The Machining Engineer drives continuous improvement and manufacturing optimization across machining and production operations, with a focus on improving quality, throughput, cost, capacity, and equipment utilization. This role combines strong mechanical and industrial engineering expertise with hands-on knowledge of manual and CNC machining to identify inefficiencies, optimize processes and production flow, design tooling and fixtures, and implement practical automation and manufacturing technology solutions.