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Allen Nguyen

San Diego,United States

Summary

With 14+ years of experience as a Machinist, I have hands-on experience in operating and maintaining precision equipment. I possess expertise in operating large-scale machinery, as well as precision machining. Throughout my career, I have worked in diverse manufacturing fields including aerospace, turbines, medical components, fixtures, firearms, and sporting goods. I am highly skilled in using a wide range of equipment such as EDM, milling machines, lathes, hole poppers, sinkers, and manual machines, in addition to various hand tools. Additionally, I have skills in CAD/CAM, CNC programming, blueprint reading, and quality control, delivering consistent results. Strong team collaborator known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic environments.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Machinist

Hi Tech Honeycomb
08.2025 - Current
  • Read blueprints or job orders to determine product specifications and tooling instruction to plan operational sequences.
  • Operated drill presses, bandsaws, lathes and milling machines to produce required parts.
  • Adapted to frequently changing priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment, ensuring timely completion of all assignments.
  • Use of various machinist tools to ensure optimization machining of tooling like but not limited to sine bar, gage blocks, vices, manual tap, grinders, mics, scales, angle bars, 1 2 3 blocks, height gages, calipers, and many more.
  • Collaborated with engineers to troubleshoot and resolve design issues, to ensure maximum proficiency of desired tooling and inspection fixture.
  • Light utilization of CAD/CAM software to assist in design and modification of tool drawings.
  • Program CNC lathe and CNC milling machine to perform turning, boring, facing, counterboring, grooving, drilling, tapping, and milling.
  • Program Haas, Hurco, and Prototrak SMX through using MDI, conversational programming, and manual jogging operations to produce tight tolerance tooling.

Machinist III /CNC Programmer

General Atomics
09.2024 - 03.2025
  • Use software like MasterCam to create programs and toolpaths for parts accordingly to blueprint specifications.
  • Create models of parts on Solidworks to use in programming accurately per blueprint specifications.
  • Prepare, model, design, program and machine fixtures depending on certain needs for new or irregular parts per blueprint.
  • Machine parts to hold tight tolerances down to microns.
  • Operate machinery like NanoTech CNC to machine parts like mandrels, TMP cans, bands, Au cones, parabolic cones, and haulraums within tolerance per specifications.
  • Use of inspection equipment to ensure that each part produced is to print and within tolerance.
  • Operate inspection equipment like Nikon microscope, interferometer, digital microscopes, calipers, micrometers, and other vast measuring instruments.
  • Create parts, programs, and fixtures from the ability to read/understand GD&T, blueprint reading, drawings, and sketches.
  • Prepared documents, created labels, packaged parts, and shipped parts accordingly and on time per request on completion of parts.

Machinist III

Jet Products
03.2024 - 08.2024
  • Run and operate various Machinery.
  • Setup run and run production on a variety of aerospace parts.
  • Setup and machine fixtures and new parts when needed.
  • Work with various metals from aluminum, steel, composites, and inconel.
  • Adjust machine feed and speed, change cutting tools, or adjust machine controls when automatic programming is faulty or if machines malfunction.
  • Modify cutting programs to account for problems encountered during operation and save modified programs.

Machinist

Solar Turbines
01.2018 - 08.2023
  • Determine exact measurements of design to determine appropriate cutting and turning methods.
  • Check parts dimensions with appropriate measuring instruments to ensure that parts meet very tight tolerances/-0.0005
  • Use customer input, prints, and engineering drawings to determine and complete the setups and production of all operating sequences.
  • Obtain, maintain, and change all machine tools, holders, fixtures, jaws, and proper grade inserts to perform setup proficiently and accurately.
  • Approving finished products by confirming specifications, conducting visual and required tests per FA documents, rejecting and returning to production for correction.
  • Documenting inspection results by completing reports and logs, summarizing and entry of data into quality database.
  • Operate machines such as Mazak 5 axis CNC mill, Mazak 3 axis Horizontal mill, and Okuma lathe.
  • Processes also involve using, reading, and interpreting measuring instruments such as, but not limited to micrometers, I.D. Mic, O.D Mic, gages, depth mic, and calipers to complete/validate work.
  • Recognized errors, investigated their sources, modified program codes, and altered machinery as necessary to eliminate errors.
  • Operate CNC machines performing various machining processes such as: Turning, drilling, boring, milling, reaming, of various materials.

Machinist/Safety Champion

Johnson Matthey
01.2015 - 12.2017
  • Operate and run vast Edm machines such as mills, wire, sinkers, and hole poppers all fanuc controls.
  • Use various tools to measure parts such as calipers, micrometers, microscope, comparator, computers, and high end Nikon cameras.
  • Providing basic maintenance on machines such as filter change and basic troubleshooting.
  • Set-up and do first articles on various jobs along with training new employees.
  • Involved in safety projects and training.
  • Documents and report any hazardous or unsafe problems within the department to supervisors and EH&S manager.

Machinst EDM Lead

Hi Tech Honeycomb
03.2011 - 05.2015
  • Operate, setup, program and run Edm machines.
  • Inspect work pieces for defects, and measure products to determine accuracy of machine operation.
  • Read blueprints or job orders to determine product specifications and tooling instruction in order to plan operational sequences.
  • Train new employees, fix and reprogram mistakes, aid supervisor by checking and fixing problematic products, occasionally taking over and running the floor/department.
  • Conducted routine preventative maintenance on EDM machines, reducing unexpected breakdowns and costly repairs.
  • Documented daily production data including job numbers, quantities produced, cycle times, and any anomalies encountered during machining processes.
  • Increased overall output by consistently meeting production deadlines while maintaining accuracy and precision.

Education

Certificate - Certificate of Completion Lathe 2025

Mastercam

Certification - CPR/AED Certified

American Red Cross
01-2024

Certificate - Certificate of Performance: C.N.C. Technology

San Diego City College
01-2017

Certificate - General Industry Safety and Health Certified

CAL/OHSA
01-2016

High School Diploma - High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

Hoover High School
01-2010

Skills

  • CNC Manufacturing
  • CNC Mill Operation
  • CNC Lathe Operation
  • Blueprint Reading
  • CAD/CAM Software Use
  • Programming
  • SolidWorks
  • Fixturing / Tooling

References

  • Adrian Smart, Solar Turbines, (619) 315-6698
  • Thara Ourn, K Tube, (619) 900-8382
  • Tony Williams, Solar Turbines , (619) 499-0666

Timeline

Machinist

Hi Tech Honeycomb
08.2025 - Current

Machinist III /CNC Programmer

General Atomics
09.2024 - 03.2025

Machinist III

Jet Products
03.2024 - 08.2024

Machinist

Solar Turbines
01.2018 - 08.2023

Machinist/Safety Champion

Johnson Matthey
01.2015 - 12.2017

Machinst EDM Lead

Hi Tech Honeycomb
03.2011 - 05.2015

Certification - CPR/AED Certified

American Red Cross

Certificate - Certificate of Performance: C.N.C. Technology

San Diego City College

Certificate - General Industry Safety and Health Certified

CAL/OHSA

High School Diploma - High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

Hoover High School

Certificate - Certificate of Completion Lathe 2025

Mastercam

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