NX CAD/CAM Engineer

Applied CAx; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with generous match and vesting

Remote work options

Flexible Time Off

11 paid holidays

Job summary

Applied CAx is seeking a junior to early-career Siemens NX CAD professional to grow into an applications engineer role. The role blends NX modeling with technical pre-sales, live demonstrations, training, and application support.

You will work with experienced engineers and sales teams, delivering demonstrations in both native and managed NX/Teamcenter environments. The ideal candidate has hands-on NX experience, is comfortable communicating how workflows work, and is eager to learn customer

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Siemens NX experience in a production environment.
• Ability to perform live NX demonstrations and explain workflows to diverse audiences.
• Experience supporting engineering software sales or pre-sales activities.

Responsibilities

• Technical Pre-Sales Support: qualify opportunities and map requirements to Siemens solutions.
• Software Demonstrations & Training: deliver live demonstrations and instructor-led training.
• Solution Development / Business Development: draft responses, create proposal content and ROI justifications.
• Customer Engagement: present to CAD users and executives and build trusted relationships.
• Internal Collaboration: work with services, account management, and marketing to develop repeatable demos and collateral.

Skills

Siemens NX

NX demonstrations

Customer-facing communications

Presales mindset

Tools

Siemens Teamcenter

NX Open scripting

CRM tooling

Job description

This is a 100% remote position open to candidates in the United States.

About the role

Technical Pre-Sales | Demonstrations | Training | Customer Support

Location: Remote

Type: Full-time

Level: Junior to Early-career

Job Summary

Applied CAx is seeking a (junior-level) Siemens NX CAD professional who wants to grow from hands-on CAD work into a customer-facing Applications Engineer role.

This position blends NX modeling and drafting with technical pre-sales, live software demonstrations, customer training, and application support. The ideal candidate is comfortable building real parts and assemblies in NX, explaining how and why a workflow works, and learning to connect customer needs with practical Siemens solutions. The position works alongside experienced Application Engineers, Sales professionals, and implementation specialists. Candidates ideally have prior Pre-Sales, Sales Engineering, Solution Consulting, or Technical Account Management experience supporting engineering software sales. The ability to perform live demonstrations of NX and Teamcenter in both native and managed environments is mandatory.

Preference will be given to individuals holding current or previous Siemens Pre-Sales certifications or equivalent certifications from Dassault Systèmes, PTC, or Autodesk.

This position is well suited to someone who has used NX in a production environment, enjoys solving user problems, and has explored the administrative side of the platform. Deep NX administration experience is not required; practical familiarity with customer defaults, roles, templates, libraries, logging, or related configuration is valuable.

This is designed as a growth position. You will touch a little of everything (with mentoring and guidance) and transition into a more specific technical position.

Benefits

• Eligible team members enjoy a comprehensive benefits package including cost effective options for health insurance, dental and vision for you and your dependents.
• Applied CAx also offers 401k with a generous employee match and immediate vesting employer contributions.
• Work and life balance benefits include remote work options along with Flexible Time Off and 11 paid holidays per year.

Travel Requirements

• 25-50% travel, depending on territory and customer demand.
• Ability to conduct onsite customer workshops, executive briefings, and demonstration events.

Success Metrics

A successful person in this position will progressively:

• Become independently productive with core NX CAD/CAM workflows.
• Deliver accurate and repeatable NX demonstrations with decreasing supervision.
• Develop into an instructor capable of teaching new and intermediate NX users.
• Participate effectively in technical discovery conversations.
• Translate customer problems into appropriate NX demonstration scenarios.
• Resolve common NX application issues and correctly escalation more complex problems.
• Create useful training, demonstration, and support content that can be reused across customers.
• Build sufficient NX and customer-facing expertise to progress toward an NX Applications Engineer or Technical Pre-Sales Consultant role.

About Applied CAx

Applied CAx is dedicated to providing innovative companies with customized, high-quality digital solutions. As a boutique services provider of Siemens Digital Industries Software, our expert engineers improve methods- from PLM architecture and design optimization, to CAM tool paths and CAE meshing. Since 2008, our team has been committed to helping businesses maximize the value of their digital tools through expert software licensing, training, and technical support.

Recognized as the Siemens Digital Industries Software 2023 Partner of The Year for North America, we primarily support the aerospace and defense, and energy industries. Come make an impact in innovation through engineering. We are always looking to recruit top-notch talent.

Responsibilities

Technical Pre-Sales Support

• Partner with Account Managers to qualify opportunities and identify customer business challenges.
• Conduct technical discovery workshops with engineering, manufacturing, IT, and executive stakeholders.
• Map customer requirements to Siemens solutions and create compelling value propositions.
• Develop and present technical solution recommendations.

Software Demonstrations & Training

Prepare and deliver professional live demonstrations and instructor‑led training in the form of 1-on-1 training, group presentation, and workshop facilitation including creation of content for training exercises, sample components/assemblies, job aids, and reusable technical content.

• Siemens NX CAD
• NX Fundamentals
• Part Modeling
• Advanced Assemblies
• Drafting
• PMI/MBD
• Routing
• Advanced design capabilities & modules
• Siemens NX CAM
• Milling
• Turning
• Multi-Axis Programming
• Simulation and Verification
• Manufacturing Process Planning
• Siemens Teamcenter
• Product Data Management (PDM)
• Change Management
• Workflow Automation
• Document Control
• CAD Data Management
• Native NX environments
• Managed NX / Teamcenter-integrated environments

Solution Development / Business Development

• Assist with proof‑of‑concept (POC) engagements.
• Draft technical response content for RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs.
• Create proposal support materials, technical presentations, and demonstration datasets.
• Support business‑case development and ROI justification.
• Gather requirements, map current‑state engineering workflows, and recommend practical improvements that reduce manual effort and improve consistency.

Customer Engagement

• Present to audiences ranging from CAD users to executive leadership.
• Represent Applied CAx at customer meetings, workshops, conferences, and industry events.
• Build trusted‑advisor relationships with engineering and manufacturing organizations.
• Escalate administration, integration, implementation, or software‑defect issues to senior specialists when appropriate.
• Respond to customer and internal technical support requests involving Siemens NX; triage, reproduce, troubleshoot, test, and clearly communicate solutions or next steps.

Internal Collaboration

• Collaborate with Services, Implementation, Account Management, and Marketing teams.
• Provide market feedback regarding customer requirements and competitive activity.
• Assist in developing repeatable demonstration environments and sales collateral.
• Document issues, root causes, workarounds, and resolutions to build reusable technical guidance and internal knowledge.
• Collaborate with application engineers and senior specialists, escalating complex administration, integration, implementation, or software defect issues when appropriate.
• Develop, test, and maintain lightweight automations, journals, scripts, templates, and utilities using NX Open or other appropriate tools.
• Assist with NX configuration tasks such as customer defaults, roles, templates, reuse libraries, material libraries, and diagnostic log collection under guidance.
• Stay current with NX releases and continuously expand NX knowledge through formal and hands‑on learning.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have:

• 3+ years of hands‑on Siemens NX experience as an Engineering or Manufacturing user in a production environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Siemens NX in a production environment, with experience in one or more application areas and the ability to learn and support additional NX modules.
• Experience documenting and improving engineering processes and translating user needs into clear, repeatable workflows.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, a customer‑focused mindset, and the ability to work effectively in a remote, collaborative environment.

Nice to have

Additional experience in the following areas is beneficial:

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in:
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Industrial Design
• CAD/Design Technology
• Similar technical discipline
• Teamcenter or other PLM/PDM exposure.

Exposure to:

• PMI / MBD
• Sheet Metal
• Routing
• Structure Design
• Surfacing
• Manufacturing workflows
• P&ID (diagramming)
• Electrical layout

Experience with another CAD platform such as Solid Edge, CATIA, Creo, SolidWorks, Inventor, or Fusion.

• Experience creating or maintaining NX templates, reuse libraries, material libraries, or role‑based user interfaces.
• Previous customer support, technical training, consulting, or application support experience.
• Familiarity with model‑based definition, validation, or manufacturing process improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot user issues by reproducing behavior, gathering relevant information and logs, testing alternatives, and communicating findings.
• Some exposure to NX administration or configuration, such as customer defaults, roles, templates, libraries, licensing, Native NX, or Managed NX; deep administrative expertise is not required.
• Interest or experience in automation, scripting, journaling, or low‑code tools, with the ability to learn NX Open and related development methods.

Siemens Certifications (Strongly Preferred)

• Siemens Presales Certifications
• Siemens NX Certifications
• Siemens Teamcenter Certifications
• Siemens Xcelerator portfolio training and accreditations

Additional Platform Experience

We highly value candidates who have also worked with competing platforms, including:

• Dassault Systèmes: CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, 3DEXPERIENCE
• PTC: Creo, Windchill
• Autodesk: Inventor, Fusion, Vault

Experience comparing, positioning, or migrating between these platforms and Siemens solutions is a significant advantage.

Desired Personal Traits

• Comfortable talking with people, both at a technical and executive level, and genuinely interested in helping customers.
• Curious about how products are designed and how engineering organizations work.
• Not afraid of presenting in front of a group.
• Able to explain technical concepts without making them unnecessarily complicated.
• Coachable and comfortable receiving feedback after demos and training sessions.
• Self‑motivated and organized in a remote‑working environment.
• Willing to say "I don't know, but I'll find out" rather than guess.
• Interested in developing into a trusted technical advisor.
• Business‑minded with a consultative approach.
• Strong problem‑solving skills.
• Capable of managing multiple opportunities simultaneously.
• Comfortable with travel and customer‑facing engagements.