CNC Programmer
Laborup · Glenside, PA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level manufacturing role at Laborup (industrial) in Glenside, PA. Own manufacturing processes from print to production: programming complex 5-axis milling in Mastercam, designing your own fixturing and tooling in SolidWorks, and proving out programs on the floor with the machinists who run them.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, GD&T, CNC, Machining, Tooling, SolidWorks
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $69k–$111k.
Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 45 manufacturing technician openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Pennsylvania plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 28 other live manufacturing postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $69k–$111k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 55%
- ✓ Tooling 45%
- ✓ CNC 31%
- ✓ Machining 31%
- Automation 31%
- ✓ Lean 28%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for GD&T, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Laborup
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
CNC Programmer at Laborup in other locations
Laborup lists this title in 2 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- Chandler, IN · $80k–$95k
Full description from LaborupAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Programming: Develop and optimize complex 3-, 40, and 5-axis CNC programs in Mastercam.
- ◆Toolpaths: Generate collision-free paths that maximize tool life and efficiency.
- ◆Process Planning: Build complete machining strategies from prints and GD&T callouts.
- ◆Fixture Design: Design workholding and tooling in Mastercam and SolidWorks.
- ◆Prove-Outs: Work at the machine with machinists on new programs.
- ◆Troubleshooting: Fix machining, tooling, dimensional, and process issues live.
- ◆Optimization: Cut cycle times, improve repeatability, reduce manufacturing costs.
- ◆Standards: Document processes and standardize programming methods shop-wide.
Required
- ✓3+ years of Mastercam programming experience
- ✓Multi-axis CNC mill programming experience
- ✓5-axis 3+2 programming experience
- ✓Strong understanding of GD&T
- ✓Reads complex engineering drawings and models
- ✓Close-tolerance milling environment experience
- ✓Knows cutting tools, feeds, speeds, and workholding
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Overview
We're hiring a CNC Programmer for our aerospace, defense, and semiconductor precision machine shop outside Philadelphia.
This isn't a desk job where you generate G-code and move on. You'll own manufacturing processes from print to production: programming complex 5-axis milling in Mastercam, designing your own fixturing and tooling in SolidWorks, and proving out programs on the floor with the machinists who run them.
Why Join Us
- •Print to production: Own the full process, not just the toolpath.
- •Floor time: Prove out your own programs alongside the machinists.
Shift
- •1st Shift
- •Monday - Friday
Preferred
- +5-axis simultaneous machining experience
- +Hands-on machining and setup background
- +Vericut simulation experience
- +SolidWorks fixture design experience
- +Probing routines and in-process inspection programming
- +Custom Macro B programming
- +Lean Manufacturing or continuous improvement experience
Benefits
- •Medical, dental, vision
- •401(k) with match
- •PTO
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