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Lead Machinist
Los Angeles, California, United States · Full-time · Posted May 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of machining experience; also requires experience leading or supervising a machine shop, production cell, or manufacturing floor, with no duration specified.
About the job
Leads machine-shop operations and manufactures precision components, prototypes, fixtures, and production parts in collaboration with engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Oversee shop scheduling, workflows, equipment readiness, inventory, and safety.
- Program, set up, operate, inspect, and troubleshoot CNC and manual machining equipment.
- Develop machining processes and fixturing, collaborate with engineering, and mentor future shop staff.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of machining experience, including significant hands-on CNC experience.
- Experience leading or supervising a machine shop, production cell, or manufacturing floor.
- Expertise with CNC mills and lathes, tooling, setups, offsets, feeds, speeds, and machine optimization.
- CAM programming and machine-code editing; ability to interpret engineering drawings, CAD models, GD&T, and tolerance requirements.
Nice to have
- Experience in aerospace, automotive, hardware startup, or precision manufacturing environments.
- Experience with specialty materials, named machine brands, additive manufacturing, or digital manufacturing systems.
Pay
$30 — $45 USD (salary; pay period not stated)
Tools
CNC mills, CNC lathes, manual mills, manual lathes, CAM software, CAD models, GD&T, CMM tools
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