Numerical Control Inspection Programmer

What You’ll Do

Responsible for Numerical Control (NC) Programming for Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM), along with providing associated work instructions and shop floor support, including troubleshooting. Interacts with individual or multidiscipline teams of design, manufacturing, and quality personnel in production areas to determine best design practices for manufacturing, process plans, equipment set-up requirements, tooling requirements, programming needs, and schedule commitments. Incorporate software and programming strategies for advanced manufacturing and inspection techniques. Because product definition will be provided in various formats including paper and electronic models, use of 3-D CAD is required. Uses both paper and electronic formats to generate information required to support NC machining program generation, post-processing, and shop floor download. Provides software quality assurance support, including user testing, for new and existing software systems. Provides support for transition from a drawing centric to model centric manufacturing environment.

What You Can Expect

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field and 4 years of relevant experience.
• Twelve or more years of relevant education, training, and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Physical Science (Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Industrial Technology) from an Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited program in the United States or designated equivalents from Canada or Mexico, the Washington Accord, or the list of substantially equivalent as documented by ABET. Typical experience could range from two to fifteen plus years.
• Requires routine interactions with multiple machine shops both internally and externally. Experience with machine shops and dedicated machining and inspection equipment is desired.
• Provide advice on equipment choice and techniques for conducting detailed machining or inspection requirements.
• Check-out and prove-in of programs including at-the-machine assistance along with utilization of and familiarity with established procedures and processes to assure cyber security, quality and change control of developed programs.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of desktop computer systems and standard office software.
• Experience in computer programming, 3-D CAD systems, and CMMs.
• Specific inspection experience with Quindos 6/7, Q7CAD, and I++ Simulator is preferred.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings of mechanical equipment and components including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Writing technical specification or procedures. Requires strong spatial visualization skills and competency in algebra, geometry and trigonometry.

Why Y-12?

You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

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