Autodesk Technology Centers collaborate with industry, academia, and startups to explore, test, and validate innovative ideas shaping the future of design and manufacturing. The Senior Research & Design Engineer in CNC is a key contributor to support projects across the space, working directly with users to demonstrate the capabilities of our hardware and software ecosystem.
Requirements
- Background in multi-axis machining, CAD/CAM software, and machine troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair
- Expertise in operating a CNC mill and CNC Lathe
- Expertise with a wide range of digital design/fabrication (CAD/CAM) tools from Autodesk and others
- Working knowledge of most equipment listed, including the ability to maintain, troubleshoot and repair
- Experience with Autodesk Fusion
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
- Inspection and Metrology
Responsibilities
- Contribute as an embedded team member on internal Research projects, applying advanced CNC expertise to exploratory workflows, prototypes, and experimental manufacturing processes
- Collaborate with Autodesk Research partners to design, program, and execute complex machining strategies that advance project goals and expand the capabilities of our hardware ecosystem
- Help develop and refine digital-to-physical workflows, toolpaths, materials strategies, and machine behaviors that inform broader research insights
- Support residents, internal teams, and visiting collaborators by guiding them through machine operation, CAM programming, job planning, and material selection
- Troubleshoot user and research projects from design through machining, enabling safe, ambitious, high-quality outcomes
- Contribute to evolving skill-development pathways that help users gain confidence and progress toward more complex CNC workflows
- Conceive self-directed technical explorations that demonstrate the full potential of the Technology Center’s CNC capabilities and feed into broader research understanding
Other
- Positive and strong communication abilities
- Ability to be adaptable and flexible in an ever-changing environment
- Ability to support and advance a safe working environment
- Curiosity and interest in learning about new technologies and methods of fabrication and manufacturing
- Clear and direct communication skills, providing users with a solid understanding of our workshop expectations, as well as safe machine operation
