# Engineer, Tooling-CNC Programming

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities. GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career. Job Summary Create, verify, release, and continuously improve controlled CNC programs that safely and repeatedly produce conforming aerospace components, tools, and fixtures at the Garden Grove facility. Provide hands-on programming expertise across the Fadal, Heian, Onsrud, Thermwood, and Zimmerman machine fleet, using disciplined simulation, prove-out, documentation, and revision-control practices. Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Quality, Tooling, Maintenance, and approved

- **Id**: 4055576
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/gkn-aerospace-engineer-tooling-cnc-programming>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Garden Grove, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T04:38:27Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T04:38:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9999
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 1833182
- **Name**: GKN Aerospace
- **Domain**: gknaerospace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gknaerospace-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **CATIA** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **Siemens NX** — Optional: no
- **AS9100** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: associate
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T04:38:27Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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