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Canon

Global imaging, optics, and office solutions

Tooling Programmer 2

Precision Machining & ToolmakingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNewport News, VA, USA$62.5k - $86.1k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Associate’s degree is preferred, or equivalent education and experience.
  • Five to eight years of experience with CNC programming and tool manufacturing.
  • Familiarity with standard tooling concepts, practices, and procedures is required.
  • Experience with 3-D CAM software is required.
  • Must be at least 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

  • Program, set up, and operate computer numerical control (CNC) machines to produce machined parts while maintaining quality and safety standards, keeping records, and maintaining equipment and supplies.
  • Use machining practices to troubleshoot machinery and programming and produce quality parts.
  • Analyze complex job orders, drawings, blueprints, specifications, computer models, and design data to calculate part dimensions, select tools, and determine machine speeds and feed rates.
  • Determine the sequence of machine operations and select cutting tools to machine work pieces into desired shapes.
  • Determine reference points, machine cutting paths, and hole locations; calculate angular and linear dimensions.
  • Program complex parts using computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software and generate accurate, usable numerical control (NC) code.
  • Research and recommend ways to increase machine run time.
  • Monitor machining outcomes, verify completed work, check dimensions and tolerances, and maintain the accuracy of drawings and programs.
  • Study and recommend techniques to improve existing CAM and internal software products.
  • Evaluate systems using quantitative results and recommend improvements.
  • Work with designers, machinists, tool makers, and management to resolve programming challenges and questions.
  • Set up and operate machines as needed to support production.
  • Assist other programmers and floor personnel as needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Autodesk PowerMill is preferred.

About the Company

Canon

Global imaging, optics, and office solutions

Canon makes imaging and optical products for consumers and businesses, including cameras, lenses, printers, and document-management software, plus industrial lithography equipment, OLED manufacturing machinery, and medical imaging systems. Its products work by using precision optics, sensors, and imaging software to capture and process images, while industrial gear relies on optical precision for chip and display fabrication and medical devices provide MRI/CT/ultrasound diagnostics. Canon differentiates itself with an end-to-end portfolio across consumer imaging, office solutions, industrial equipment, and medical imaging, backed by deep optics and sensors expertise, global scale, and ongoing R&D and acquisitions. Its goal is to keep leading in imaging and optics while expanding into high-value industrial and medical markets, delivering reliable hardware and software that power digital workflows, manufacturing, and patient care under its Kyosei sustainability philosophy.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
1937

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