Brandon Lopez
Asheboro,NC
Summary
Precision manufacturing and tooling professional specializing in CNC tool grinding, custom tooling, and mechanical problem-solving. Experience with 15-micron tolerances, CNC and manual machining, blueprint interpretation, SolidWorks, and independent machine setup. Proven experience producing high-value tooling and collaborating with engineering teams across medical device, aerospace, defense, and industrial manufacturing.
Overview
1
1
Certification
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
CNC Machine Operator / Apprentice
Kennametal
Asheboro, North Carolina
07.2025 - Current
- Produced specialized tooling for aerospace, defense, infrastructure, and general manufacturing customers while upholding confidentiality for proprietary designs and customer specifications.
- Interpreted engineering blueprints to manufacture custom tooling, applying grinding settings and process adjustments that ensured alignment with setup requirements and customer specifications.
- Collaborated with lead personnel, production planners, engineers, and CNC programmers to define job requirements and develop manufacturing processes, tooling specifications, and production approaches for specialized orders.
- Trained and mentored new employees in CNC tool-grinding operations and machine setup. new employees in CNC tool-grinding operations, machine setup, blueprint interpretation, inspection procedures, and quality standards.
Tooling Technician
Atalys
Asheboro, North Carolina
06.2024 - 06.2025
- Used SolidWorks to design and develop a custom operator device, translating production requirements into a functional mechanical solution and contributing to $12 million in annual profits.
- Performed inspection, assembly, disassembly, repair, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance on injection-molding tooling for medical-device manufacturing.
- Maintained a controlled clean-room environment, ensuring adherence to cleanliness, quality, and manufacturing requirements for medical-device production.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Engineering
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown, NC06-2028
High School Diploma -
Southwestern Randolph High School
Asheboro, NC06-2025
Skills
- Blueprint reading
- Quality inspection
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Process improvement
- Computer literacy
- Team training
- Team collaboration
- Kaizen implementation
Certification
- OSHA 10 Hour Certification
- TOOLINGU-SME CNC Machinist Apprentice Certification
Affiliations
- Volunteer- Keaton's Place, Asheboro, NC
- Speaker at 2026 NC Apprenticeship Conference
Timeline
CNC Machine Operator / Apprentice
Kennametal
07.2025 - Current
Tooling Technician
Atalys
06.2024 - 06.2025
Associate of Applied Science - Engineering
Guilford Technical Community College
High School Diploma -
Southwestern Randolph High School