Tooling Programmer

Salary: $62,500 - 86,125 per year Requirements:

• Associate degree preferred, or equivalent education and experience, with 5–8 years of CNC programming and tool manufacturing experience
• Familiarity with standard tooling concepts, practices, and procedures
• Experience with 3D CAM software required
• AutoDesk PowerMill experience preferred
• Must be at least 18 years old

• Program, set up, and operate CNC machines to produce machined parts while maintaining quality and safety standards, records, equipment, and supplies
• Troubleshoot machinery and programming issues using machining practices to produce quality parts
• Analyze complex job orders, drawings, blueprints, specifications, computer models, and design data to calculate dimensions, select tools, and determine machine speeds and feed rates
• Plan machine-operation sequences and choose cutting tools to shape workpieces
• Establish reference points, cutting paths, and hole locations, and calculate complex angular and linear dimensions
• Program complex parts with CAM software and generate accurate, usable NC code
• Research and recommend ways to increase machine run time
• Monitor machining results, verify finished work and dimensions, and maintain the accuracy of drawings and programs
• Study and recommend improvements to CAM techniques and internal software products
• Evaluate systems using quantitative results and suggest improvements
• Collaborate with designers, machinists, tool makers, and management to resolve programming questions and challenges
• Set up and operate machines as needed to support production
• Assist other programmers and production-floor personnel as needed

• 3D
• Angular
• Support
• JavaScript

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We are hiring a full-time Tooling Programmer II for our Tool Manufacturing team in Newport News, Virginia. The annual salary range is $62,500–$86,125, and the position is non-exempt. At Canon Virginia, Inc., we provide a welcoming work environment and follow our corporate philosophy of kyosei: people of all backgrounds working together toward a shared future. Based in Newport News, we are Canons manufacturing, engineering, recycling, and technical support center in the Americas. We manufacture products using advanced methods, repair and refurbish Canon products, and provide injection mold making and contract manufacturing services. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and nondiscriminatory employment practices in accordance with applicable laws.

last updated 40 week of 2026