JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer – CAE / CAM Engineer
Working Pattern: Days
Working location : Derby (Raynesway)
We have an exciting opportunity for a CAE Manufacturing Engineer to join our Submarines function within the NBC OBU based at Raynesway, Derby.
The job purpose is to maintain and develop the Siemens NX Post Processor, Siemens NX Integrated Machine Simulation and CGTech Vericut Master Project estate thus enabling the Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) team to deliver efficient Machine Tool Programs supporting Production Operations.
The NBC CAE Manufacturing Engineer functionally reports to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager within NBC Production Support Team. They will be operating within a cross-functional team. They act as the Technical Authority for CAM programs and associated Engineering activities, ensuring product integrity, production rate, cost and quality are met.
They work with Manufacturing Engineering and Operations to deliver the Method of Manufacture including machine programs, technical instructions, and operational support. Supported machining operations include gantry mills, vertical turning lathes and other multi-axis machines.
In addition, CAE Manufacturing Engineering assists internal stakeholders in ensuring quality requirements (drawings and specifications) are complete, design for manufacture studies are appropriate and unambiguous before the projects are launched. CAE Manufacturing Engineers play a pivotal role in New Product Introduction (NPI).

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

With this exciting opportunity you will get a chance to be involved with the following:

• Work alongside team members, customers and external partners
• Create, develop and maintain all aspects of NX post processors for a wide range of multi-axis CNC machines applications, using a combination of Post Builder, Post Configurator and TCL programming languages
• Build, develop and maintain integrated NX machine simulation environments for a wide range of multi-axis CNC machines using a combination of TCL, XML and Python programming languages
• Build, develop and maintain Vericut machine simulation environments for a wide range of multi-axis CNC machines
• Develop and agree technical requirements and produce resulting specifications with supporting documentation e.g. user manuals
• Take responsibility for ensuring that your contribution to the CAE team delivers a robust Technical Package in a fully revision-controlled manner.
• Support the coaching and development of the CAE team.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Ideally a professionally qualified engineer (e.g. UK HND/foundation degree or equivalent) with relevant experience; national/international accreditations like IEng or CEng are desirable.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes and CAE Manufacturing Engineering practices.
• Skilled in CAM tools including PLM, Teamcenter, Siemens NX (v11.0+), Vericut (v9.2+), and other similar software.
• Proficient in TCL, XML, Python; knowledgeable in machine languages like Sinumerik ONE, Siemens 840D, Heidenhain, Fanuc, Mazatrol, and On-Machine probing.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks and prioritising to meet deadlines effectively