Build Engineer, Large Scale Machining

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Interpret and define product requirements from customer specifications, drawings, and contract requirements, and translate them into machining requirements, critical characteristics, and inspection needs.
• Reverse engineer parts and assemblies where technical data is incomplete or legacy, to establish design intent, critical features, and a buildable sequence.
• Review models and drawings for machinability at scale, including casting stock allowance, datum structure, tolerance stack across setups, tool and probe access, and distortion risk, and drive changes before design…
• Own the end-to-end machining route (rough, stress relief, semi-finish, finish, and inspection), including handoffs to weld, cladding, and assembly.
• Set the setup count, where datums are established and carried forward, and where match-machining with mating assemblies is required.
• Define the high-level process for each operation (envelope, critical features, material condition, cycle time against rate, and inspection approach) and hand it to Capability Engineering complete and on time.
• Define lift points, handling, and part flow through the factory so rigging and logistics can plan around the part.
• Own design intent for large-part fixtures, workholding, lift fixtures, and inspection aids, partnering with Tooling Engineering on detailed design and build.

Job requirements

• 5+ years of experience in build, manufacturing, or production engineering with direct ownership of large machined parts (roughly 2 m and up, castings, forgings, or heavy weldments) from requirements through production.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience interpreting and defining product requirements from customer specifications, drawings, and contract quality clauses, and translating them into build requirements.
• Strong GD&T and tolerance-stack skills across multi-setup parts, with a proven datum strategy.
• Working knowledge of large-format machining (horizontal boring mills, gantry and bridge mills, large 5-axis machining centers, and VTLs) and large-part metrology, deep enough to drive DFM and set the build flow.
• Experience reverse engineering parts or assemblies from incomplete technical data, legacy drawings, or physical parts.
• Experience structuring BOMs, work orders, and work instructions in PLM, ERP, or MES systems, including engineering change and configuration management.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD.