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Remote Cnc Field Service Technician Specialist jobs

6 open positions in the United States, newest first.

CNC field service technicians travel to customers' machine shops and factories to install, repair and maintain computer numerical control machine tools such as mills, lathes and grinders. They work for a machine builder or distributor and are the person sent when a machine is down. The specialist label usually signals a senior grade or a focus on one machine line.

About the Cnc Field Service Technician Specialist role

What the work looks like

  • Diagnose machine faults using alarm codes, electrical schematics and ladder logic in the control.
  • Replace and align spindles, ball screws, servo motors, drives and way covers.
  • Install and level new machines, check geometry with indicators or a ballbar and commission them.
  • Perform preventive maintenance and calibrate axes to restore accuracy to the machine's specification.
  • Write a service report for each visit, order parts and explain the repair to the shop's staff.

What employers ask for

  • Electrical and mechanical troubleshooting of machine tools
  • Fanuc, Siemens or Haas CNC controls
  • Reading electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics
  • Servo drives and PLC ladder logic
  • Machine alignment and precision measurement
  • Valid driver's license and ability to travel

Doing this job remotely

Remote in this job means home-based field work, not working from home. The technician is dispatched from home to customer sites across a regional territory, often with overnight stays and schedules that change when a machine goes down. Some diagnosis starts by phone or remote connection, but the repair itself is physical work on a shop floor.

Where it comes from and where it leads

Technicians come from machine maintenance, industrial electrical work, machining, military technical service or a mechatronics program. They advance to senior or lead technician, applications engineer, technical support specialist, service manager or trainer.