Kirill Ignatyev

Kirill Ignatyev has extensive experience in engineering and design, currently serving as a Development Engineering Technician III at BENCHMADE since June 2017, where responsibilities include milling processes development for titanium and aluminum parts, fixture design, and metrological strategy refinement. Previous roles at BENCHMADE include Development Engineering Technician II and CNC Mill Operator III. Kirill also operates as a self-employed freelance designer, creating custom optomechanical accessories and crafting fixed-blade knives and swords. Additional experience includes instructing students in CNC machine operation at Clackamas Community College and working as a web developer/designer and content administrator. Kirill holds an Engineer's degree in Computer System Engineering from Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation, along with technical certificates in Mastercam.