Coordinate Measuring Machine Programmer - Zeiss

Meta Tech Industries is a Precision Machine Shop. We machine complex parts out of exotic materials that have tight tolerances for use throughout the oilfield, space, and defense industries.

Under minimal supervision, the CMM Programmer will be responsible for programming and operating CMM machines (Contura and Duramax) with the help of another CMM programmer.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs dimensional inspection on in-process or finished flight items using CMM (Zeiss) utilizing Calypso programming.
• Ensure that all CMM Programs adhere to customer requirements
• Optimize CMM programs for production jobs to ensure time savings.
• Interpret CMM results and explain to machinists why/how their part is out of tolerance.
• Fill out dimension logs with inspection results. When needed, initiate reject tags, discrepancy reports, and inspection reports in accordance with Company procedures.
• Availability to work overtime as needed to meet production schedule.
• Effectively communicate with management and shop personnel to keep the production flowing, identify issues and resolve bottlenecks. Support continuous improvement efforts of the company.
• Sign off on first articles and ensure that all aspects of the part are being checked
• Use manual tools on occasion to verify questionable CMM results
• Other tasks deemed as necessary by management

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• ADVANCED Calypso Programming Experience
• ADVANCED GD&T Knowledge
• Experience inspecting tight tolerance aerospace parts
• Minimum 3 years of programming experience

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Be prepared to answer the following questions:

• Do you have citizenship or permanent residence in the U.S.?
• Have you taken any of the Zeiss Trainings?
• Have you used Curve and Freeform? If so for how many years?
• Do you know how to effectively use filter/outlier settings on your programs? Can you explain what each one of them do?
• What is your preferred technique for scanning threaded holes?
• If you are measuring a profile callout and get a reading that is OOT, would you be able to explain to the machinist what specifically is wrong with the part? Could you use CAD evaluation tools and give specific instructions on what needs to change?