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CNC Machine Operators
Love seeing how things get made? As a CNC Machine Operator apprentice, you'll set up and run mills, lathes, and other CNC machines to produce high-precision parts, building real shop-floor skills while you complete your training.
What you'll do:
- Set up mills, lathes, and other CNC machines by selecting, aligning, and securing fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, and materials
- Read blueprints, drawings, specs, or sample parts to understand dimensions, tolerances, and the order of operations
- Install the right tooling from the tooling list, then enter and verify tool offsets
- Start and monitor machine runs, catch malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining, and adjust controls as needed
- Check finished parts against specs using calipers, micrometers, and depth micrometers, with a working familiarity with CMM, GD&T, and SPC
- Flag process issues to your supervisor so they can be investigated
- Complete the paperwork and computer entries that keep production on track
What you'll bring:
- Ability to operate vertical/horizontal mills, lathes, or Swiss machines
- A troubleshooting mindset and the ability to make basic adjustments and changes to machinery
- 1+ years of experience
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Bonus points for a 2-year machining degree and metalworking experience
Welders
Take pride in a clean, precise weld? As a Welder apprentice, you'll TIG and orbital weld stainless steel and other high-purity materials, gaining hands-on experience in a high-tech manufacturing environment while you complete your welding training.
What you'll do:
- Weld stainless steel and other high-purity materials, both by hand with a TIG welder and with an orbital welding machine
- Study prints, drawings, and specs to lay out tasks and complete finished welds using specialized computer welding equipment
- Process and inspect your work to print
- Perform a sequence of operations while consistently meeting quality and output standards
- Follow Ichor's Standard Operating Procedures for all manufacturing duties
- Pitch in on other duties as assigned
What you'll bring:
- Completion of a 2-year professional trade program in Welding Technology (or equivalent), or current enrollment in one
- 1–2 years of experience TIG welding stainless steel, or less experience with a Welding Technology degree (or current enrollment in a Welding Technology degree program)
- 1–2+ years of manufacturing or related work experience; semiconductor industry preferred
- Experience working in a high-purity cleanroom environment
- Blueprint reading and weld-to-print skills, plus the ability to read and understand technical drawings, correspondence, and documents
- Solid math skills: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, percentages, and decimals
- Basic understanding of related mechanics, flow control elements, and MRP concepts
- Basic PC skills for manufacturing
- Mechanical aptitude, visual acuity, and manual dexterity
- Confidence using approved hand gauges to inspect component quality at the work center
- Ability to handle fragile products, perform repetitive tasks, and work with safety in mind
- Good judgment, discretion, and an eye for spotting deviations from accepted practices
- Clear verbal and written communication with supervisors, leads, and peers
- A commitment to quality and a customer-focused mindset, both internally and externally
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 50 lbs
ITAR ONLY The business site where this position is located is an ITAR-compliant operation. Due to ITAR regulations, Ichor Systems is only able to employ US Persons. A US person is a lawful permanent resident (immigrant with “green card” permanent authorization to work document) or who is a protected person (a citizen, a national, a refugee, or a person granted asylum). Non-citizens with other visas are not eligible for hire at this location.
Ichor Systems Inc. is an equal opportunity employer
Precision machining is Ichor Precision Machining’s heritage and core strength. IPM's skilled and dedicated employees deliver the most complex, extreme tolerance, and superior surface finish components at unsurpassed quality levels. Joining the team at IPM means working with dedicated, highly skilled employees that drive continuous improvement and ensure we deliver superior results to our customers. IPM is excited to share that we are now a part of the Ichor Systems family of companies. Ichor is headquartered in Fremont, California with manufacturing locations in Minnesota, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia and the UK. Our sales and engineering office is strategically located in Silicon Valley, California.
Ichor Precision Machining (IPM) is an ITAR-compliant operation. Due to ITAR regulations, Ichor Systems is only able to employ US Persons. A US person is a lawful permanent resident (immigrant with “green card” permanent authorization to work document) or who is a protected individual (a citizen, a national, a refugee, or a person granted asylum). Individuals with temporary visas are not eligible for hire.
Ichor Systems provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Ichor Systems will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
