Precision 5-Axis CNC Machinist

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

As a Precision 5-Axis CNC Machinist, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Working closely in a collegial atmosphere with a small group of highly skilled machinists and engineers producing high precision microreplication tooling that supports a wide range of businesses across 3M.
• Setting up cutting tools and other associated equipment to produce machined parts.
• Performing test-cuts to determine machine offsets and other process parameters.
• Doing metrology and inspections as part of the set-up work and determining whether machined parts meet specifications.
• Providing input and feedback to the engineering staff regarding plans for or results of machining projects.
• Performing minor maintenance tasks and troubleshooting of milling equipment. 
• Initially, you will be working weekdays on first shift to complete on-the-job training (OJT) with our experienced machinists.  Once your OJT is completed, you will move to working a first shift weekend schedule.
• This job has the potential to be the start of a rewarding, long-term career at 3M with opportunities for advancement while maintaining hands-on involvement with the interesting and dynamic technologies that you will work with every day.

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Possess a two-year degree or higher in Machine Tool Technology (or equivalent) from an accredited institution.
• One (1) year of combined precision machining experience on CNC lathes and/or mills including programming and editing G&M code CNC part programs (combination of academic and/or industrial experience) in a private, public, government or military environment.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Diamond-machining experience on multi-axis CNC machines.
• Strong abilities with Siemens Nx CAD/CAM as well as able to Write, modify, and optimize CNC programs using G-code, Macro and CAM software.
• Experience with precision metrology methods, including interferometry, profilometry, and confocal microscopy.
• Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills, with an emphasis on data-driven decision making, supported by basic math, trigonometry, mechanical aptitude.
• Self-starter with a hands-on approach to problem solving that can work independently with minimal supervision and effectively in a team environment.
• Possesses strong organizational, time management, and professional communication skills, along with familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• A background in tool and die making.
• Experience supporting CNC machine maintenance and reliability.

• Work location: Maplewood, MN

This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work onsite daily at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

• Travel: No
• Relocation: No

This is a full-time position that is intended to work the WEEKEND shift.

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

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To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.

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