Cutting Tool Engineer

Cyient is a global engineering and technology solutions company. As a Design, Build, and Maintain partner for leading organizations worldwide, we take solution ownership across the value chain to help clients focus on their core, innovate, and stay ahead of the curve. We leverage digital technologies, advanced analytics capabilities, and our domain knowledge and technical expertise, to solve complex business problems.

With over 15,000 employees globally, we partner with clients to operate as part of their extended team in ways that best suit their organization’s culture and requirements. Our industry focus includes aerospace and defence, healthcare, telecommunications, rail transportation, semiconductor, geospatial, industrial, and energy.

Job Description

Job Scope: Cutting Tool Engineer

• The main function of the role is physical and digital tool management in our advanced tool management system, TDM:

• Process co-owner of the Cutting Tool business process
• Define, maintain and update Cutting Tooling Process
• Inventory optimization
• Cost analysis
• Define new elements and assemblies in TDM
• Manage tool geometric data and cutting parameters (Feeds, Speeds, DOC, WOC, etc)
• Generate and maintain Cutting Tool drawings
• Develop or specify tool measurement programs for pre-setting system
• Define and ensure synchronization of tool group drive point defintions in collaboration with CAM engineers
• Define tool numbers, tool lists and link to MBOM’s
• Migrate tool definition and data from legacy system.
• Support Operations queries
• Support CAM engineering queries
• Define, setup and maintain TDM-CAM (CATIA, NX, VeriCut) interfaces
• Localize training material for embedding in Landing Gear’s Learning Management System
• Machine tool table definition
• Chip reader system development and deployment
• Tool life management & optimization
• Interface and communicate with Procurement
• Support root cause analysis
• Support PFD, PFMEA and Control Plan development & maintenance

• The role is within the Systems & Industrialization department, a 10 engineer, international team, with strong collaboration with the CAM Engineers, Tool Shop, Procurement and Operations.

Basic Qualification & Job Requirements:

• The ideal incumbent possesses a Bachelors in Engineering, 5 years’ experience in a hard metal manufacturing facility and a passion for precision, multi-axis machining. Experience with TDM Systems is highly sought-after; knowledge of CATIA, NX, TopSolid, VeriCut and Zoller tool setting systems is advantageous.

  You form part of the NPI team and collaborate during process design with Product Architects, CAM Engineers and Product Assurance engineers on the optimal tooling solution for the production process.  This is formalized with a Cutting Tool Requirements form submitted by CAM engineers to initiate your task.  There are several NPI projects executing and your support in these projects are pivotal.

  You are the technical liaison with Cutting Tool suppliers to define optimal Cutting solutions.

  Apart from the NPI projects, you will receive Requests for Assistance from Operations, where swift resolution is key to enable production continuity.

  As a business focusing on continuous improvement, your proposals for an optimized process is valued and our drive to eliminate process risk with the use of technology is a key-element to achieve that objective.

  The business has a catalogue of cutting tools in a legacy system and your management of a burn-down plan will form part of Obsolescence Management

Skills & Experience

3D Computer Aided Design (CAD), CADCAM Design, CAD Engineer, CATIA Design, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Design And Drafting (CADD), Machine Tools Design, Mould Design, Software Design Tools, Tool Design & Verification, Tooling Design, Tool Manufacturing

Cyient is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Cyient recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive company where our people can focus their whole self on solving problems that matter.