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.