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Machine Shop Technician
Atomic Industries • Detroit, MI | $80000
Atomic Industries is pioneering the automation of the tool and die industry using advanced AI and robotics to enable rapid, high-precision manufacturing of complex parts. Our mission is to reindustrialize America by revitalizing domestic manufacturing capabilities, reducing dependency on foreign supply chains, and accelerating innovation in hard tech sectors like defense, aerospace, and automotive. As a Machine Shop Technician, you will operate and maintain a variety of machine tools, including CNC mills, lathes, and grinders, to produce precision components. Responsibilities include setting up machines according to blueprints and specifications, monitoring production runs, performing quality inspections using micrometers and calipers, troubleshooting equipment issues, and collaborating with engineers to optimize processes. This role requires hands-on experience with machining operations, knowledge of G-code programming, and a commitment to safety protocols in a fast-paced startup environment. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of experience in a machine shop, familiarity with CAD/CAM software, and a passion for building the future of American manufacturing. Join us in transforming how the world makes things, from prototypes to production-scale runs, while contributing to national security and economic resurgence.
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Manufacturing Engineer
NOX Metals • Detroit, MI | $70176
NOX Metals is a Y Combinator S25 startup revolutionizing the metals manufacturing industry by creating a modern factory that delivers fast, low-cost metals to bolster America's industrial base. We are vertically integrating our operations, beginning with CNC aluminum blocks, to address critical supply chain challenges and promote the reindustrialization of America. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, optimizing, and overseeing manufacturing processes in our new Detroit factory. Responsibilities include setting up and programming CNC machines, troubleshooting production issues, ensuring quality standards, and innovating to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. This position requires expertise in mechanical engineering principles, CNC operations, and manufacturing systems. Join our small, ambitious team to make a real impact by building industrial infrastructure and moving physical products in a hard tech environment dedicated to domestic manufacturing revival.
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Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Company • St. Louis, MO (Kirkwood) | $70000
We’re hiring a Machinist Level II to operate CNC mills and lathes, produce tight-tolerance components and help maintain the high standards required for precision aerospace and defense manufacturing. This role involves working with precision equipment in a contract manufacturing environment supporting aerospace and defense industries. Seiler is an established U.S. manufacturer with opportunities in a stable, quality-focused setting. Benefits and career growth opportunities available. Apply via their careers portal or Indeed listing.
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Allen Control Systems • Austin, TX | $125000
Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a defense-tech company building advanced robotic capabilities, including the Bullfrog autonomous weapon station for counter-drone operations. We are rapidly scaling manufacturing and hiring across engineering, operations, and manufacturing roles, including CNC operators, assembly technicians, and mechanical engineers. Join a fast-growing team of former U.S. Navy nuclear engineers delivering critical tech to U.S. and allied militaries. Multiple openings in Austin, TX.
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Longshot Space • Alameda, CA / Nevada | $130000
Longshot Space is a defense and space technology company pioneering ground-based kinetic launch systems for hypersonic testing and future space launch. They're building a giant space gun and seeking Mechanical Engineers passionate about impossible problems and building real hardware. Responsibilities include designing and building complex mechanical systems for their accelerator technology. This is a hands-on role at an early-stage hard-tech startup focused on reindustrialization and advanced manufacturing in the US defense/tech space. Apply via their careers page linked in the post.
View Details →Builder / Field Deployment Engineer / Manufacturing Automation Engineer
Conduit • Detroit, MI area / US | $110000
Conduit is a pre-seed startup ($4.7M raised) building the automation stack and interoperable orchestration platform for American manufacturers, connecting machines, robots, sensors, PLCs, CNCs, and workflows. Focused on reindustrialization and hard-tech, they hire builders who thrive in ambiguity, work on-site with customers, write drivers, shape products, and rebuild US manufacturing from the ground up. Roles span engineering, FDE, design, operations, and sales. Reach out to @carobotic on X. Perfect fit for machinists, mechanical/manufacturing engineers, and assemblers in the domestic manufacturing revival space.
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Longshot Space • Emeryville, CA | $135000
Longshot Space is an early-stage (seed/pre-seed funded) hard-tech aerospace/defense company developing reusable ground-based kinetic launch systems, including a massive hypersonic 'space gun' for low-cost payload delivery to orbit and testing. Founded by technical founders with a focus on reindustrialization and innovative hardware, they are actively building real prototypes in the Bay Area and Nevada. We're hiring Mechanical Engineers passionate about solving impossible problems and building hardware. Roles involve designing, prototyping, and iterating on complex mechanical systems for high-speed acceleration. Apply via their careers page linked in the post. This is a hands-on role at a pre-Series A startup in the defense-tech and space reindustrialization space.
View Details →Founding Structures/Mechanical Engineer / Aerospace Engineer
Vight Aero • Bay Area, CA | $160000
Vight Aero is an early-stage (pre-seed/seed) aerospace startup building VTOL/eVTOL aircraft for door-to-door flight. Technical founder/CEO Tsung Xu is hiring founding engineers with hands-on experience building and crashing drones, eVTOLs, planes, or robots. Roles focus on structures & mechanical, propulsion & avionics integration, and GNC/flight software. In-person in the Bay Area with generous equity, competitive salary, and medical benefits. Ideal for cracked technical builders passionate about advanced manufacturing and aerospace innovation. Proof of hard problems solved required (videos, photos, write-ups).
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