Mill Hand Machinist

Protecting Human Potential

From supersonic flight to daily commute, Humanetics crash test dummies and sensory intelligence systems protect human potential in motion.   Safe, healthy, and productive lives:  when we innovate, humans thrive.

Building on seven decades of crash test dummy innovations to help automotive and transportation engineers ensure a safer future.

We are Humanetics.

Role Purpose: Sets up and operates mills and fabricates metallic and non-metallic parts.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:  

• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements
• Measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points on material or work piece as guides for subsequent machining.
• Selects, aligns, and secures holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials on machines such as mills, lathes, jig borers, grinders, and shapers.
• Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, coolant flow, and depth and angle of cut, or enters commands to retrieve, input, or edit computerized machine control media.
• Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
• Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications.
• Sets up and operates machine on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings or programmed control data.
• Verifies dimensions and alignment of assembly.
• Installs machined replacement parts in mechanisms, machines, and equipment, and tests operation of unit to ensure functionality and performance.
• Confers with engineers, production personnel, or others to resolve machining or problems.
• Other duties as assigned

Other Significant Role Requirements: 

• Ability to change metric to standard measurement
• Ability to program and set up jobs
• Minimum 2 years Bridgeport or Prototrak experience

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED
• Minimum of two years experience.