Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Build precision parts that power medical instruments and implants

Your work on Swiss-style lathes directly impacts patient outcomes. You’ll set up, operate, and optimize equipment while supporting NPI launches and keeping quality and on-time delivery front and center.

We are willing to train CNC Lathe Operators!

• Translate prints into repeatable, stable processes through expert setups and changeovers.
• Eliminate production gaps via program debugging, tooling optimization, and method improvements.
• Advance new product introductions by refining setups and validating programs.

• Program debugging and fine-tuning; making machine adjustments and tool changes as needed.
• Operation and care of CNC Swiss machines plus finishing equipment, fixtures, and hand tools; deburring to spec.
• Blueprint, inspection check-sheet, and work-instruction interpretation.
• Inspection using calipers, micrometers, height stands, and comparators.
• Execution through ERP and machine monitoring systems; electronic documentation of quality checks.
• Feedback loop with CNC programmers; maintenance of setup documentation per change control procedures.
• Guidance and training for team members to lift utilization and production attainment.
• Continuous improvement focused on quality and delivery; deliver to plan for on-time shipments.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; advanced technical training preferred.
• 5+ years operating Swiss-style lathes in a manufacturing setting.
• Experience with Citizen, Tsugami, or similar Swiss platforms preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of machinery, tooling, measuring, and gauging equipment; strong production-process understanding.
• Proficiency with setups, blueprint reading, routers, and setup files.
• Understanding of part requirements for both functional performance and cosmetic finish.
• Basic CNC programming capability.
• Strong verbal communication across production, management, and technical roles.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing concepts and objectives.
• Ability to follow Supervisor direction and execute assigned tasks.
• Alignment with company core values and professional behaviors.
• Knowledge of Avalign’s Quality System, including Measurement Instruction Sheet layout/purpose, and Avalign’s Compliance Policies.

• GD&T
• CNC Tooling
• G-Code
• M-Code
• CNC Machine Setup & Changeover
• Advanced Inspection & Gauge Measurement
• Machine Setups for Production Runs

• CNC Lathe (2–4 axis)
• CNC Swiss Lathe
• CNC Lathe (5+ axis)

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