Employment

Current Openings

CNC Operator and Drafter
$30-32 / hour DOE
32-40 hours per week

Long-time Seattle company building high quality musical instruments seeks a CNC Operator/Woodworker to join the Dusty Strings team. You'll operate the CNC to make our precision wooden parts, manage decades of technical drawings, and participate in general woodworking processes as needed in a team-oriented environment. The work you do will be critical to virtually every instrument model we make!

Core Responsibilities:

• Set up and operate our CNC machines to produce parts according to specifications
• Read and interpret technical drawings, process notes, and Machine Code files
• Be the responsible person for CNC machine and tool maintenance; be on the lookout for issues
• Inspect finished products to ensure they meet quality standards and specifications
• Collaborate with team members to optimize production processes and improve efficiency
• Attend weekly meetings with the Production Manager, Ops Manager, and Team Leads.
• Leverage our technical drawings to help suss out problems and bring process improvement. Create new technical drawings, fixtures, modules, and machine code.
• Other woodworking tasks as needed

Required Qualifications:

• Prior experience using CNC machines in a production environment
• Thrive in a self-directed work environment; "know what you don't know"
• Good communicator, excellent with precision work, attentive documenter
• Aptitude for using both computers and physical machines/materials
• Regularly maneuver 50 pound modules, materials, and equipment

Desirable Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Rhino and RhinoCAM
• Prior 3D drafting experience
• Prior woodworking experience
• Proficiency in modifying existing processes and creating new processes from scratch in a collaborative environment
• Prior experience supporting Lean manufacturing processes

Applications

We are happy to take applications for any position, even when we have no current openings. We like knowing who's interested and what their skills are. If you'd like to put an application on file with us, you can download one from the links below and submit it to us along with your resume and a cover letter explaining your interest and applicable experience.