Head Programmer/ CNC Programmer

TITLE: Head Programmer/ CNC Programmer

ENVIRONMENT: Manufacturing

LOCATION: Austin, TX     Onsite

COMPENSATION RANGE: $160,000.00 - $220,000.00      DOQ

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:  Bachelors Degree preferred

CITIZENSHIP:  Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder and able to work for any U.S. Employer 

RELOCATION PACKAGE: Yes

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: 5+ years experience

POSITION SUMMARY:

We need an expert in Siemens NX CAM with 5+ years of experience — ideally someone who has worked as an NX applications engineer at a reseller, machine tool builder, or large aerospace shop — who can lead our CAD-to-CAM team and build the programming standard from scratch for our automated 5-axis CNC cells. You should be comfortable programming complex aerospace and defense parts yourself (titanium, Inconel, aluminum) and have a track record of training programmers, defining processes, and building probing stacks for lights-out production. Bonus points if you've managed a machine shop or programming team and have hands-on experience with post processors in NX Post Builder or Post Configurator.

Hard skills:

Expertise in Siemens NX,​ CAM,​ CNC manufacturing,​ CNC programming,​ and CNC milling

Experience in in-​process probing,​ macro programming,​ offset programming,​ and in-​cycle inspection (Heidenhain,​ Siemens,​ or Fanuc controls)

Experience proving out programs on 5-​axis machining centers

US citizen or lawful permanent resident (ITAR compliant)

We are a small team with momentum and resources.You'll work directly with the Automation Engineer on tooling/workholding/pallet strategy and with software engineers who automate CAM workflows. It's a deeply integrated environment.