About Us
Voyager Manufacturing is a precision CNC machining company serving aerospace, and high-tech industries. We pride ourselves on solving complex machining challenges, delivering high-tolerance parts, and continuously investing in advanced equipment and automation. Our culture values craftsmanship, innovation, and growth.
The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead CNC Programmer with strong experience in Mastercam and multi-axis machining. The ideal candidate is hands-on—capable of both programming and running parts on the floor—while also mentoring machinists and driving process improvements. This role is pivotal to scaling our capabilities and ensuring efficiency in high-mix, low-volume production.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead tooling and workholding standardization — standard tool numbers, holders, preset lengths, and common tooling across machines.
- Develop and optimize CNC programs in Mastercam for 3-axis, 3+2, and 5-axis machining centers, plus turning.
- Reduce setup time through offline tool presetting, kitted setups, staged fixturing, and quick-change / zero-point workholding.
- Reduce cycle time on repeat jobs through toolpath, feeds/speeds, and operation sequencing improvements — with measured before/after results.
- Own Mastercam templates, post processors, and programming standards so output is consistent regardless of who programmed the job.
- Produce and maintain setup sheets, tool lists, and program documentation as a required deliverable on every job.
- Set up, prove out, and run prototype and production first articles to tight tolerances.
- Review prints for manufacturability and raise issues at quote and drawing release — not after the setup is on the machine.
- Collaborate with Quality on GD&T interpretation, FAI / AS9102, and source inspection.
- Train and mentor machinists on setups, offsets, probing, and troubleshooting, and hold the floor to the standard.
- Support automation — robotic tending, zero-point fixturing, pallet utilization — toward lights-out capability.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of CNC programming experience, preferably in aerospace or defense.
- Mastery of Mastercam — multi-axis required, including template creation and post processor troubleshooting.
- Hands-on machining background: you have personally set up, proven out, and run the parts you programmed.
- Strong GD&T and datum strategy — able to defend workholding and operation sequencing from the print, including when the drawing's datum structure conflicts with how the part has to be held.
- Experience in high-mix, low-volume production and the changeover demands that come with it.
- Demonstrated record of implementing a standard — tool library, template system, or setup discipline — that was adopted and sustained after you built it.
- Materials experience: aluminum, stainless, plastics, etc.
- Leadership ability — takes ownership of projects, sets the standard, and guides a small team.
Preferred: probing and in-process inspection (Renishaw or equivalent); quick-change and zero-point fixturing (Erowa, Raptor, 5th Axis); tool presetter experience; horizontal machining and pallet strategy; SolidWorks or equivalent CAD for fixture design; prior AS9100 shop.
What We Offer
- Competitive pay and benefits (health, dental, vision, life).
- Great work-life balance.
- Opportunity to shape processes, grow with the company, and work on interesting projects.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $105,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Mastercam: 7 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Portland, OR 97230 (Required)
Work Location: In person
