Senior Manufacturing Engineering, Machining

The role

This person will establish and scale an in-house machining capability for satellite communications ground station hardware. They will handle machine selection, shop layout design, fixture design, and CAM programming.

What you will do

• Own the roadmap to establish and scale an internal machine shop
• Source, evaluate, and purchase CNC machines and supporting equipment
• Coordinate machine delivery, rigging, utilities, installation, and maintenance
• Design the machine shop layout, workflows, and safety/operational standards
• Design and validate machining fixtures and workholding
• Create, own, and maintain CAM programs and machining documentation
• Run machines as needed to unblock development/production and prove out processes

Required qualifications

• 4–6+ years of experience working with machined components in a manufacturing engineering, CNC programming, CNC machining, or closely related role
• Demonstrated experience with fixture/workholding design and bringing repeatable machining processes into production
• Strong CAM programming experience (e.g., Fusion, Mastercam, NX CAM, etc.)
• Practical understanding of feeds/speeds, tooling, and setup strategy
• Comfortable operating in a hands-on environment

Nice to have

• Experience selecting and commissioning CNC equipment (mills/lathes; 3/4/5-axis), including acceptance criteria and ramp plans
• Proficiency in CAD for fixturing and tooling design (e.g., Siemens NX or similar)
• Experience with GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, and inspection/metrology planning (CMM, probing, etc.)
• Experience developing standardized work, work instructions, and training programs

About the company

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company building a global network of phased array and parabolic ground stations. They use a vertically integrated approach to design, build, and deploy scalable systems for space missions.