Description
Hiring is contingent upon award of contract
The CAM Programmer Working Leader oversees the CNC programming team and workflow, ensuring efficient computer-aided manufacturing and precision engineering. This role balances complex multiaxis software programming with active floor-level troubleshooting, team leadership, and mathematical planning.
Key Responsibilities
- Code & Instruction Generation: Write accurate manufacturing programs, create detailed work instructions, and guide turning/milling setup personnel.
- Floor Troubleshooting: Provide active floor support to assist machinery technicians with difficult setups, testing, and debugging.
- Data Analysis: Evaluate solids, mechanical drawings, blueprints, and raw design data; perform complex geometric calculations to build or adjust machine programs.
- Process Sequencing: Determine the optimal sequence of shaping operations and select appropriate cutting tools.
- Project Controls: Produce cost estimations and log production details into the central project database.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- CAM Expertise: Minimum 5 years of experience involving:
- Commercially available CAM tools including GibbsCAM and MasterCAM.
- CADD, G-code, and 3D milling.
- Lathe programming utilizing C-axis and Y-axis movements.
- Project crew leadership (5+ workers), estimation planning, and floor safety oversight.
- Mathematical & Geometric Proficiency: 10 years of experience utilizing algebra, trigonometry, geometry, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles.
- Advanced Equipment Capability: 10 years of advanced programming using G-code and canned cycles across the following hardware assets:
- Lathes: Mori Seiki NL1500 (MSX Control), Haas ST-45 (Haas Control), Fortune VTurn 26 (Fanuc OT Control), Haas TL-1 (Haas Control).
- Machining Centers/Mills: Haas VF4, VF2, EC1600; Doosan MV4020, MYNX 5400; Olympia Horizontal Mill HT140x100 (Heidenhain iTNC 530 Control); ProtoTrak with SMX/SLX controls.
- Administrative Skills: General computer literacy, including professional email communications and technical file management.
**Secret Clearance Required**