Manufacturing Engineer
Greater Detroit Area | In-Person
Target base salary: $130,000 to $160,000, depending on experience
Bonus and long-term profit sharing opportunity

Take ownership of a high-impact engineering role where you can help build new machining capability, shape automation, and support advanced aerospace and defense-related manufacturing.

Are you a manufacturing engineer who knows CNC turning, thrives in precision machining, and wants the chance to help stand up something new? This is a rare opportunity to join Centracore in a key role supporting a newer strategic venture. You will help expand internal turning capability, support automated work cells, and work closely with leadership on high-priority manufacturing initiatives. If you like solving hard technical problems, building processes, and making a visible impact, this could be a strong next step.

Why This Opportunity?

• High-impact role with real ownership, this is a key hire and a true linchpin for the team.
• Opportunity to help build and refine turning capability, including CNC lathes, grinding, and broaching.
• Blend of process engineering and automation work, with CNC programming as the primary focus and robot programming as a valuable secondary piece.
• Exposure to advanced aerospace and defense-related manufacturing, including tight-tolerance work and demanding materials.
• Direct access to company leadership, including the CEO, with close collaboration across the leadership team.
• Immediate need and meaningful work from day one, including process development, RFQ support, and new project execution.
• Long-term upside through bonus and profit-sharing opportunities.
• Michigan-based role, with potential future collaboration tied to work in Mexico.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Developing and improving CNC turning processes for precision-machined parts.
• Programming CNC lathes and helping build out internal turning capability, including multi-axis applications.
• Supporting related processes such as grinding and broaching as capability expands.
• Helping design, program, and improve automated manufacturing cells, with Fanuc robotics preferred.
• Working on lower-volume, higher-tolerance parts where process discipline and technical judgment matter.
• Supporting RFQs, manufacturability reviews, quoting input, and production planning for new work.
• Collaborating closely with leadership to prioritize projects, solve technical issues, and keep momentum moving.
• Helping create scalable, repeatable manufacturing processes that support aerospace and defense-related growth.

What You Bring:

• Strong experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or CNC programming within a precision machining environment.
• Deep knowledge of CNC turning, including lathe programming and multi-axis machining.
• Strong programming and process development ability, with setup experience helpful but not the primary focus.
• Experience working with tight-tolerance parts and hard-to-machine materials such as titanium, Inconel, hardened stainless, or other high-strength alloys.
• Robot programming experience, ideally with Fanuc, though other robotic platforms will be considered.
• Ability to support automated work cell development and improve manufacturing flow.
• Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• Milling experience is helpful, especially in environments that combine turning and milling capability.
• Confidence, urgency, accountability, and the ability to drive progress in an environment with some ambiguity.
• Spanish language skills are a major plus.
• Must be a U.S. person, or otherwise eligible to work on government defense-related projects.

What Success Looks Like:

• You can step into a fast-moving environment and create structure where needed.
• You are comfortable owning process development, not just maintaining what already exists.
• You can help bring new capability in-house and make smart technical decisions quickly.
• You have the presence and judgment to work directly with leadership and help move important initiatives forward.

Your Next Move:

Are you ready to take on a role where your CNC turning knowledge, process mindset, and automation experience can make a real difference? Apply now to start a confidential conversation about this opportunity with Centracore.

Who is Bronwick?

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