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Salary: USD 140,000 - 180,000 / annual
Mach Industries, founded in 2023, is a rapidly growing defense technology company with ~350 employees focused on developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. The company operates with startup agility while delivering scalable, decentralized defense systems for the United States and its allies.
You will establish, qualify, and scale balancing processes for turbomachinery hardware, taking operations from development builds through repeatable production. This role owns the complete balancing process lifecycle: equipment selection and commissioning, tooling development, measurement validation, balance correction, and production implementation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Specify, select, install, and qualify balancing stations and associated equipment, including supplier coordination, factory acceptance testing, and site commissioning
- Develop and validate component-level and assembly-level balancing processes for turbine wheels, compressor components, shafts, and complete rotating groups
- Design, specify, and qualify balancing arbors, mandrels, collets, supports, and related fixtures with emphasis on alignment, datum control, and repeatable part loading
- Establish calibration, verification, and measurement-system evaluation methods demonstrating complete balancing process capability
- Partner with CNC Manufacturing to develop controlled material-removal correction processes that meet balance requirements while preserving dimensional conformity
- Work with Design Engineering and Test to translate product requirements into balancing specifications, approved correction features, and acceptance criteria
- Troubleshoot inconsistent balance results and identify root causes related to component variation, tooling, runout, assembly conditions, equipment setup, and measurement repeatability
- Create controlled setup procedures, work instructions, troubleshooting guides, and safe operating practices; train technicians and provide hands-on production support
- Establish traceability for balance measurements, correction operations, tooling configurations, and final acceptance results
- Improve cycle time, first-pass yield, and process consistency while supporting automation and transfer of validated processes into production facilities
You will work closely with Design Engineering, CNC Manufacturing, Quality, Test, and Automation to build reliable internal balancing capability and translate specialized technical knowledge into robust processes that technicians can execute at production rate.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in turbomachinery balancing, balancing-equipment applications, or manufacturing/process engineering with direct ownership of rotor-balancing processes
- Direct experience setting up and commissioning balancing stations, including equipment configuration, tooling implementation, calibration, and process validation
- Hands-on experience balancing turbomachinery components or precision rotating assemblies, with strong understanding of static and dynamic unbalance, single-plane and two-plane balancing, and balance-correction principles
- Practical understanding of precision fixturing, GD&T, datum structures, alignment, concentricity, and runout
- Experience evaluating measurement repeatability, interpreting balance results, and resolving discrepancies between equipment readings and actual hardware or setup conditions
- Relevant engineering degree or equivalent practical experience developing and qualifying balancing equipment, tooling, and manufacturing processes
- Ability to independently troubleshoot technical problems, document repeatable methods, and work effectively with engineers, machinists, technicians, and equipment suppliers
- ITAR eligibility required: must be U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from U.S. Department of State
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with Schenck, Hofmann, or CEMB balancing equipment and associated measurement systems or software
- Experience balancing or developing material-removal correction processes for nickel-based superalloys (MAR-M-247, Inconel, or similar)
- Experience with small gas turbines, turbochargers, turbine rotors, compressor impellers, titanium compressor components, or other high-speed rotating hardware
- Familiarity with ISO 21940 series, including rotor-balancing requirements and balancing-machine capability evaluation
- Experience integrating balancing equipment with CNC correction, automated handling, inspection, or manufacturing data systems
- Experience in balancing-equipment applications engineering, field service, customer commissioning, or designing precision tooling using Siemens NX or comparable CAD software
Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
