CMM Programmer

CMM Programmer

Cox Machine, headquartered in Wichita Kansas, is a leading manufacturer of precision parts and assemblies for the aerospace, deep space, and semiconductor industries. Cox Machine is leading the way in innovation and technology. Our employees and our customers are the heart of our success since 1954. The diversity of our people and their ideas inspire the innovation and collaboration.

Purpose

Communicates and resolves Quality related issues in a fast paced manufacturing environment by performing 1st part and final inspections as necessary. Supports the Quality and Manufacturing functions by educating employees on quality systems, quality metrics, and customer engineering. Follows the quality management system designated work instruction and procedures to ensure quality product is manufactured. Generates CMM programs utilizing PC-DMIS metrology software.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of knowledge and experience in a Quality Assurance role with product acceptance authority
• Minimum of 2 years experience programming utilizing PC-DMIS
• Must possess experience using different precision measurement instruments
• Must possess experience operating and programming coordinate measuring machines

Position Responsibilities

• Ensure CMM programs meet DPD/MBD and engineering requirements
• Corrects and revises CMM Programs as needed to support manufacturing needs
• Trains operators on proper CMM usage
• Responsible for maintaining and sustaining CMM programs
• Provide training, learning and development where appropriate for all employees
• Partner with other departments to ensure the adherence to the Quality Management System and other compliance requirements.
• Collaborates with operations, leaders, purchasing, customer service and others to efficiently meet customer demand.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact and deal with internal customers
• Inspects and evaluates products for quality and defects.
• Provide visibility to supervision of potential quality issues, as well as input on internal perceptions associated with Quality and Delivery performance.
• Works with Manufacturing and Quality Assurance personnel to perform in process review and assure best practices are followed.
• Completes AS9102 FAIs as required
• Ensures products manufactured meet all customer requirements
• Performs other related duties, as required

Tasks

• Has the capability to troubleshoot complex and questionable inspections by asking the right questions to get to the root cause of the problem
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with multiple priorities and shifting time requirements.
• Makes decisions based on customer/regulatory requirements
• Ability to effectively communicate in small and large group environments
• Confer with organizational team members at all levels to discuss issues, coordinate activities or resolve problems.
• Act as liaison between organization and outside organizations.
• Work closely with shop floor supervision and employees
• Perform 1st part, Oversight, and Final Inspections
• Complete detailed and accurate FAI's

Work Context

• Requires repetitive movement.
• Requires sitting for extended periods of time and working on a computer.
• Requires occasional bending, twisting and lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Requires accessing various departments within multiple locations.
• Requires telephone conversations.
• Requires use of electronic mail (e-mail).
• Requires writing professional documents, letters and memos.
• Requires contact and discussion with individuals or teams (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise).
• Requires the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Requires being able to communicate information and ideas clearly so others understand either verbally or in writing.
• Requires meeting strict deadlines.
• Requires ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (includes sound, speech, touch, etc.).
• Requires ability to quickly make sense of, combine and organize information and place into meaningful patterns.
• Requires being able to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted or becoming side tracked from task and unable to restart.
• Requires ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of information.
• Requires work with others in a group or team.
• Requires being able to pass and eye exam.

Work Setting

• Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
• Requires ability to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people.

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