Senior CNC Process Engineer, Advanced Polymers
Atlas Fibre
Full-time
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers
Location
Northbrook, Illinois, United States
Posted
July 08, 2026
Job Description
Day-in-the-Life at Atlas Fibre (Northbrook, IL)
Impact You’ll Make
You start your morning on the shop floor, reviewing overnight part runs on our Fanuc and Okuma VMCs. A machinist flags a fixturing challenge on a composite part—together you diagnose the issue, adjust the workholding concept, and update a Mastercam program to stabilize the cycle. By mid-day, you’re running a quick capability study, documenting GD&T-critical features, and finalizing setup sheets for a new NPI job transitioning into production. You wrap up by aligning with Quality and Operations on corrective actions and planning out the next wave of continuous improvements.
Impact You’ll Make
- Provide daily, hands-on engineering support to a fast-paced machining operation
- Troubleshoot machining, quality, tooling, fixturing, and process issues to keep work flowing
- Develop and refine machining processes for composite and high-performance plastic components
- Create and ...