Engineering/ Research and Development Manager

Heritage Cutter is a privately held, US manufacturer of precision cutting tools. 

Data Flute is the recognized leader in high performance, application specific, solid carbide end mills.  This position will maintain & solidify that leadership position & identify & capitalize on adjacent product areas in the round tool market where Data Flute can build & maintain leadership position based upon performance & application specificity.

The R&D/Engineering Manager will be responsible for maintaining our position as a high-performance, application specific products. This position will also maintain the company’s position of technological & product leadership within the solid carbide, round tool industry and be responsible to, identify, formulate, test & commercialize new products.  This position will be in charge of the engineering and R&D groups and also interact with Product Management.  The engineering department is also responsible to provide advanced technical support both to our sales and customers.  Other requirements of this position will be conducting and overseeing in-house testing.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in R&D, Tooling Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or where the majority of time was using and deploying industrial cutting tools, with particular emphasis on solid round tools. This position will also require strong experience with CAD/CAM software.  

Educational Requirement – Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering 

This position will be based at our production facility, Berkshire Precision Tool in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

We offer an excellent benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) base and matching contribution, paid holidays, and vacation, long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance.

• Strong Experience in R & D, Tooling Engineering
• Strong Experience in Manufacturing Engineering
• Strong Experience with CAD/CAM Software
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering