About the role
**Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) to meet customer and regulatory requirements**
Who We Are
Saginaw Precision (A Salient Motion Company) manufactures close-tolerance machined components for aerospace and defense customers. We’re hiring a CMM Operator to join our quality team and verify that what leaves our floor meets print, every time. You’ll work in a climate-controlled inspection lab alongside machinists, quality engineers, and program managers, inspecting first articles, in-process parts, and final shipments on tight-tolerance aerospace work.
What you'll do:
* Set up and run coordinate measuring machines to inspect machined components against engineering drawings and 3D models * Execute existing CMM programs; edit and fine-tune routines as parts and fixturing change * Build and validate part fixturing and alignment strategies for repeatable measurement * Interpret blueprints, GD&T callouts per ASME Y14.5, and model-based definition data * Produce First Article Inspection reports to AS9102 and complete ballooned drawings * Document and communicate nonconformances; support root cause investigations with dimensional data * Use hand gauging: micrometers, calipers, height gauges, bore gauges, optical comparator, where CMM isn’t the right tool * Maintain machine calibration schedules, artifact verification, and inspection records to AS9100 / NADCAP requirements * Provide dimensional feedback to machinists and programmers to correct process drift before it becomes scrap
What you need:
* 2+ years operating CMMs in a machining or precision manufacturing environment * Working knowledge of PC-DMIS / Calypso / CAMIO / MODUS / MCOSMOS * Strong GD&T interpretation: datum structures, position, profile, runout * Comfort reading complex machined-part prints and revision-controlled documentation * Attention to detail and the discipline to hold a documented process * High school diploma or GED
Nice to have:
* CMM programming experience (offline programming from CAD a plus) * Aerospace or defense manufacturing background; familiarity with AS9100 and AS9102 * Experience with SPC, capability studies, and gage R&R * CMM vision systems, scanning probes, or CT/laser scanning exposure * ASQ CQI or similar certification
What we have to offer:
We are not just building components. We are reshaping the future of the Aerospace and Defense component industry, which is a $300B+ market! Come join us and help build next generation systems that will make a massive impact at global scale.
* We offer competitive compensation + equity * Exceptional healthcare benefits, Medical is 100% covered by the company * Flexible PTO * 401K * More to come!