NX CAM Applications Engineer

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for someone to join our growing team to help develop complete CNC processes using NX CAM. You will get to work on interesting client-facing projects to help increase efficiency and productivity in the manufacturing industry. You will work on a variety of machines relating to milling, turning, mill-turns, grinding, additive, grinding, and specialty machines. This position requires someone who is willing to dive in and learn about a wide range of unique machines and take on large turn-key machining projects for our customers.

Work will be performed within NX Productivity Environments developed in-house by the Empire Dynamics team. You will be expected to actively contribute to testing, improving the environments, assisting customers with understanding and using the environments, and developing CAM files using the Empire Dynamics conventions set forth by the team.

Your work will heavily involve NX CAM but will extend to all the aspects of CAM work including tooling selection, digitizing of tools for use in NX CAM, fixture design, interacting with vendors, creation of work instructions and setup sheets, and program runoff at the customer site

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Support

  • Customer testing and acceptance of NX Productivity Environments

    • Development of Acceptance Programs

    • Assistance in performing tests

  • Provide training of customer staff

  • Coordinate with customer technical requests and support needs

  • Serve as liaison between customer and interact with Siemens GTAC

    • Submit IRs (incident reports) and enhancement requests (ERs) with Siemens for any software bugs

    • Determine both short- and long-term solutions for customer needs

    • Follow up to ensure our issues are addressed

  • Provide and document maintenance requests

CNC Process Engineering

  • Create comprehensive CAM files for workpieces

  • Manage tooling vendors to identify and digitize project tooling

  • Design fixturing and work with suppliers

  • Develop process outlines for sharing of development workload

  • Create stage models

  • Determine process parameters.

  • Analyze critical cuts to determine feasibility and to optimize

Training

  • Dedication to learning the NX CAM architecture and backend, such as:

    • Basic and Advanced NX CAM Toolpaths

    • Object oriented CAM structure

    • Creation and use of templates

    • Machining Knowledge Database

    • Environment file structure

    • Machining Data Libraries

    • Team Center

    • MRL

    • And others

  • There will be self-paced training and spending time with senior developers to learn

COMMUNICATION

  • Provide effective communication to team members

  • Train other engineers, as needed

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

Required

  • Degree in science, math, or technical field degree from an accredited college or institution

  • Experience in CNC Programming and CAM software

  • Good written, verbal, analytical, and interpersonal skills

Preferred

Experience with:

  • NX CNC Programming, such as creating and running NC code

  • Advanced CAD modeling

  • Software coding languages and development

  • Post-processor development and debugging

  • Programming multiple types of CNC machines, such as:

    • Milling, mill-turn, vertical turning center (VTC), horizontal machining centers (HMC), etc.

  • High-level machine tool controls including macro programming, probing, and other advanced techniques

  • Machine shop / manufacturing facility processes

Knowledge of:

  • Variety of controllers and willing to learn new controller types

  • CNC programming techniques and process

  • Feeds, speeds, and cutting tool applications

  • Geometry and trigonometry

  • Fixture specifications, design, and work holding

A strong sense of curiosity and problem-solving skills

Demonstrated proficiency interpreting drawing and specification requirements

 

Location

Albany, New York or Remote.

 

Travel Requirements

Less than 10% travel to customer sites, partners, or other business-related travel.

 

About Empire Dynamics

Empire Dynamics was founded in 2015 in Albany, New York.  Starting as a single-person consulting company serving the machine tool industry, Empire has grown into a well-recognized 10-person manufacturing engineering team serving all sectors of the CNC machining industry.  Primarily through the deployment of NX CAM, Siemens Motion Control Software, and turnkey CNC solutions, we bring real world manufacturing experience to the production of real parts.

We are now recognized around the world for creating NX Productivity Environments, which are machine- and customer-specific NX CAM environments designed to streamline the development of CNC manufacturing processes. We take pride in the CNC technology we have developed and our ability to put it to use in a practical manufacturing setting.

Our team is a motivated group of critical thinkers that collectively wants to see change where change is due, and we spend our days working to realize that for ourselves and our customers.

 

BENEFITS

  • Medical Insurance

  • Dental Insurance

  • Vision Insurance

  • Retirement

  • Disability Insurance

  • Generous Paid Leave

Interested?