Engineer II, Product Development Tooling Programmer, Air Manufacturing Innovation

Nike • Beaverton, OR

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About The Position

Air Manufacturing Innovation is seeking an experienced CNC Programmer II for its Tooling Engineering team. Reporting to the tooling engineering leader, this role partners with the Tool Shop, Tooling Engineering, Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Process Engineering to deliver reliable, production-ready machining solutions.

The programmer translates complex tooling designs into safe, efficient, and repeatable machining processes. The role owns complex programming assignments, supports production readiness, troubleshoots machining and first-pass quality issues, improves quality and cycle time, and helps establish consistent programming practices. The position requires advanced NX CAM programming capability and practical knowledge of 3-axis and 5-axis CNC machining, cutting tools, materials, fixtures, and workholding. The programmer works independently on complex assignments while collaborating across engineering and shop-floor teams, and also helps strengthen standards, support corrective action, share technical knowledge, and mentor less-experienced programmers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
• At least 2 years of directly relevant work experience.
• Professional experience developing complex CNC programs and machining strategies in Siemens NX CAM or a comparable CAM environment.
• Strong knowledge of machining methods, cutting tools, materials, fixtures, workholding, and design-for-manufacturability principles.
• Experience troubleshooting machining and first-pass quality issues using structured root-cause and corrective-action methods.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions, maintain revision-controlled documentation, and mentor other programmers in a collaborative manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work independently on complex assignments and collaborate across engineering and shop-floor teams.

Nice To Haves

• Teamcenter experience.
• Experience with multiple CNC controllers.

Responsibilities

• Develop, verify, release, and maintain complex CAM programs, toolpaths, setup information, and machining strategies for thermoforming molds and downstream tooling.
• Review models and drawings with Tooling Engineering and Design Engineering, providing early manufacturability, tooling, workholding, and process input.
• Troubleshoot programming, machining, tooling, equipment, and first-pass quality issues in collaboration with the Tool Shop.
• Optimize cutting tools, feeds and speeds, machining sequence, workholding, and cycle time while protecting safety, quality, and repeatability.
• Lead or contribute to root-cause corrective action and continuous-improvement work, documenting findings, actions, and sustained results.
• Create and improve programming standards for 3-axis and 5-axis CNC machines, templates, revision-control practices, and technical documentation.
• Help prioritize the programming queue, communicate delivery risks, and support production readiness.
• Mentor Engineer I programmers and share technical knowledge.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level