Engineer II, Product Development Tooling Programmer, Air Manufacturing Innovation

This role sits within the Tooling Engineering team and reports to the tooling engineering leader. The programmer partners closely with the Tool Shop, Tooling Engineering, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Process Engineering to deliver reliable, production-ready machining solutions. The role focuses on converting complex tooling designs into efficient, reliable machining processes, owning complex programming assignments, supporting production readiness, solving machining problems, improving quality and cycle time, and helping establish consistent programming practices across Tooling Engineering and the Tool Shop.

• Develop, verify, release, and maintain complex CAM programs, toolpaths, setup information, and machining strategies for thermoforming moulds and downstream tooling.
• Review models and drawings with Tooling Engineering and Design Engineering, providing early manufacturability, tooling, workholding, and process input.
• Troubleshoot programming, machining, tooling, equipment, and first-pass quality issues through direct collaboration with the Tool Shop.
• Optimise cutting tools, feeds and speeds, machining sequence, workholding, and cycle time while protecting safety, quality, and repeatability.
• Lead or contribute to root-cause corrective action and continuous-improvement work, documenting findings, actions, and sustained results.
• Create and improve programming standards for both 3-axis and 5-axis CNC machines, templates, revision-control practices, and technical documentation that strengthen consistent execution.
• Help prioritise the programming queue, communicate delivery risks, support production readiness, and mentor Engineer I programmers.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
• Minimum of 2 years directly relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated professional experience developing complex CNC programs and machining strategies in Siemens NX CAM or a comparable CAM environment.
• Strong knowledge of machining methods, cutting tools, materials, fixtures, workholding, and design-for-manufacturability principles.
• Practical knowledge of 3-axis and 5-axis CNC machining.
• Experience troubleshooting machining and first-pass quality issues using structured root-cause and corrective-action methods.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions, maintain revision-controlled documentation, share technical knowledge, and mentor other programmers in a collaborative manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable reviewing designs for manufacturability, troubleshooting issues at the machine, and balancing quality, delivery, and cycle-time requirements.
• Structured problem solving, disciplined documentation, clear communication, and judgement to identify and escalate technical risks early.
• Ability to work independently on complex assignments while collaborating across engineering and shop-floor teams.

• Teamcenter experience.
• Experience with multiple CNC controllers.

• Interview process accommodations are available, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single-location in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed.