CAD/CAM Engineering Intern

KinetiCAD; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

KinetiCAD Solutions in Berkeley, CA develops software that reads CAD models and plans the machining steps to generate CNC programs. You will review the engine's plans, choose setups and speeds, and ensure alignment with a skilled machinist's approach.

You will program reference parts in CAM, build libraries, and work on post-processors for multiple controls while helping shops get started by collecting machine data and verifying first programs with them.

Qualifications

• Programmed CNC parts in CAM software (Mastercam, Fusion, NX, hyperMILL, Esprit or SolidCAM).
• Able to read technical drawings and GD&T.
• Studying mechanical or manufacturing engineering or recent grad, or machining training.
• Able to communicate clearly with machinists and software engineers.

Responsibilities

• Review the engine's NC plans: setups, tool choice, operation order, feeds and speeds.
• Program reference parts in CAM for benchmarking.
• Build and maintain machine, tool and material libraries.
• Work on post-processors and control dialects (Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain and others).
• Help shops get started: collect machine/tool data and prove out first programs.

Skills

CNC programming

GD&T

Communication

Education

Mechanical or manufacturing engineering degree

Tools

Mastercam

Fusion 360

NX

hyperMILL

Esprit

SolidCAM

Job description

Bring the machinist's view into the product. Check what KinetiCAD plans and programs against how a good shop would do it, and help shops get set up.

About KinetiCAD

KinetiCAD reads a part's CAD model and its technical drawing and works out how a machine shop should make it. It picks the machine, the tools and the operations, and it writes the CNC program. Every program is checked against the CAD model in a cutting simulation before it can be released. We're based at the Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator.

The role

Software that writes CNC programs can only be as good as the machining knowledge behind it, and that's what you bring. You'll go through what the engine plans and spot where it differs from what an experienced programmer would do. Then you work with the engineers to turn that into rules, test parts and fixes. You'll also work with shops when they set KinetiCAD up.

What you will do

• Review the plans and NC programs the engine generates. That covers setups, tool choice, operation order, feeds and speeds.
• Program reference parts in a CAM system so we have something to benchmark against.
• Build and keep up the machine, tool and material libraries.
• Work on post-processors and control dialects (Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain and others).
• Help shops get started. You collect their machine and tool data and prove out the first programs with them.

What you bring

• You've programmed CNC parts in a CAM system like Mastercam, Fusion, NX, hyperMILL, Esprit or SolidCAM, whether at school, in a shop or on a project.
• You're confident reading technical drawings and GD&T.
• You're studying mechanical or manufacturing engineering, you just graduated, or you're in or just finished machining trade training.
• You can talk clearly with machinists and with software engineers.

Strong plus

• Turning and mill-turn on top of milling.
• You've run machines yourself, as well as programmed them.
• Python or any scripting experience.
• You've edited post-processors.