Industrial IT Engineer - Cyclone Manufacturing Inc.

Cyclone Manufacturing, a Mubea Aviation company, is a vertically integrated, full-service provider specializing in 3- to 5-axis machining, sheet metal fabrication, tube bending, welding, and sub-assembly of aerospace structural components.

We proudly serve leading aerospace organizations such as Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, and many others. Our surface treatment and controlled processes are approved by major OEMs worldwide.

With over 750 skilled employees across six state-of-the-art facilities in Canada and Poland, totaling 450,000 square feet, Cyclone Manufacturing is committed to excellence, innovation, and quality.

Position Summary

We are looking for a detail-oriented and motivated IT Engineer who will be responsible for the design, deployment, and ongoing support of network and systems infrastructure across corporate offices and CNC machining operations serving the aviation and aerospace industry. This role sits at the intersection of IT and operations, ensuring that CNC machines, shop floor systems, and business applications remain connected, stable, and performant. The ideal candidate brings deep networking expertise paired with practical, hands-on experience in a precision machining environment.

Here’s What You’ll Deliver:

Network Infrastructure

• Design, configure, and maintain LAN/WAN, switches, routers, VPNs, and enterprise wireless across office and shop floor locations
• Manage industrial Ethernet, VLANs, QoS, and network segmentation between business systems and machine networks
• Support DNC/network connectivity for CNC machine tools, including legacy serial-to-Ethernet conversions and older controls still in service
• Perform capacity planning, bandwidth analysis, and infrastructure upgrades to support facility growth
• Maintain structured cabling standards, and network documentation
• Evaluate and recommend network hardware, vendors, and service providers

Manufacturing Systems Support

• Support MES, ERP, and shop floor data collection systems critical to daily production
• Maintain and troubleshoot CNC program transfer, DNC servers, and machine tool network connectivity across mills, lathes, and multi-axis centers
• Support shop floor hardware including barcode scanners, label printers, thin clients, and job tracking terminals

Operations & Support

• Monitor network and system health; respond to alerts and resolve issues before they impact machine uptime
• Serve as escalation point for Tier 2/3 incidents and lead root cause analysis on recurring problems
• Maintain servers, virtualization hosts, backups, and recovery for production-critical systems
• Participate in on-call rotation and support scheduled maintenance windows, including nights and weekends
• Track and report on uptime, incident volume, and mean time to resolution