Operating Systems Programmer jobs in Santa Maria, CA

CNC OPERATOR/PROGRAMMER

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a CNC Operator/Programmer to join our team. ESAero is a growing aerospace company in the San Luis Obispo area and provides various services which include but are not limited to: rapid system development, on-demand niche engineering, hands-on development/testing, and small UAS aerospace system manufacturing. 

**This position is fully on-site at Empirical System's Aerospace in San Luis Obispo, CA

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for all machining processes within the shop. 
• Manage schedules, material acquisition and resource loading within the shop.
• Provide feedback to Engineering teams
• Work with Quality Assurance on troubleshooting and resolving recurring nonconformances. 
• Responsible for mentoring and leading shop members to be safe, motivated, and effective.
• Develop and maintain CNC 3-axis and 5-axis mill programs using CAD/CAM systems such as SolidWorks and Mastercam
• Perform debugging and testing of CNC programs. 
• Set up and run 3-axis and 5-axis mills. 
• Analyze tooling and process failures for root cause and apply corrective actions.
• Implement cycle time reduction by evaluating and modifying feeds and speeds, wasted machine moves, and evaluation of improved tooling and techniques.
• Use Work Orders to track and complete jobs and maintaining material traceability.
• Work closely with Engineering to refine designs that better enable machinability.
• Support activities around expansion and optimization of machine shop activities.
• Participates in hiring activities of machine shop technicians.

Required Qualifications and Skills: 

• 5-axis programming experience. 
• Ability to design machining fixtures.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and engineering drawings. 
• Well versed in GD&T and inspection procedures and processes.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and able to react to shifting priorities to meet business needs.
• Proficient with inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, pin gauges, etc.
• Experience with ISO9001 or AS9100 quality standards.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills.

Desired Qualifications and Skills: 

• Experience converting labor intensive machining processes into lights out machining scenarios.
• Experience with pallet changing systems. 
• Understanding of 5S, six-sigma and lean principles.
• Experience with ERP/MRP workflows.
• Ability to perform basic preventative maintenance on CNC machines.

Standard Benefits: 

• Health: Health/Dental/Vision 

• PTO

• Retirement: 401k 

• Casual dress code, Free snacks

• Amazing location to live, work, and play 

ESAero is an equal opportunity employer. 

Must present proof of authorization to work in the United States

Hiring Range: $75k-$110k Annually