Numerical Control Programmer

About the role

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, with a diverse and innovative team of professionals. This role will serve as the owner of the Siemens NX CAM environment for the NC programming team, focusing on maintaining assets that automate and enable manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• NX CAM Environment, Post Processing, Digital Twins: serve as the environment owner for NX CAM, evaluate and implement changes, and provide expert-level toolpath and post troubleshooting.
• Develop, configure, and maintain post processors for Siemens, Fanuc, and Heidenhain, and implement/test machine options, probing/custom subroutines, and shop G/M code standards.
• Develop and maintain the Siemens Digital Twin for Machine Simulation within Siemens NX, and create/maintain CAM templates and programming standards.
• VERICUT Simulation: build and maintain VERICUT simulation kits, define and maintain verification standards, and leverage AUTO DIFF.
• Software Engineering & Automation: design, implement, and test internal engineering tools using VBA, Visual Studio, TCL, C#, and C++.
• Systems, IT & Data Integration: troubleshoot application/IT issues, collaborate with IT to resolve, and support data accuracy and process governance.
• Process Development, Training & Liaison: operate primarily at the macro level, defining processes and programming standards, and create concise training manuals and deliver hands-on training.

Qualifications

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of relevant exempt experience, or a Master’s Degree and 7 years of relevant professional experience. Alternatively, equivalent experience can be considered, such as an NNS Apprentice School graduate, Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate, or relevant military experience.

Skills

• Experience with Developing Post Processors and full simulation kits within Siemens NX using Post Builder and Post Configurator.
• Experience developing utilities with NX Open automation tools using C# or Visual Studio – Visual Basic.
• Experience developing Vericut machine simulations.
• Ability to verify NC programming in a manufacturing environment.

About HII

HII builds the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions, with a diverse workforce and a values and ethics driven organization that puts people’s safety and well-being first.