CMM programmer, Early Career, Graduate

Within Barco, the Operational Quality Team implements, administers, and continually improves Quality Control & Quality Assurance, to support manufacturing, industrialization and warehouse management. The team consists of a production Quality Assurance department and an Incoming Quality Control team.

The CMM programmer is responsible for programming, implementing, and operating dimensional inspections using a coordinate measuring machines (CMM) to ensure compliance with parts specifications.

Your responsibilities:

• Review and discuss the drawing information in function of inspection capabilities and tolerances with R&D department
• Define the measurement method on CMM:
  • Determining clamping and alignment methods
  • Selecting appropriate probes
  • Defining measurement fixtures
• Create CMM dimensional inspection programs (MCosmos) based on technical drawings or 3D models
• Measure complex optomechanical parts with CMM
• Accurately report measurement results
• Identify deviations and communicate them towards QA, SQA and R&D. You technically support the supplier quality department (SQA) in case the rejected mechanical parts are caused by an external supplier.
• Manage the calibration of all measurement tools in the Quality Department
• Ad hoc: support the incoming quality inspectors by determining measurement methods to be used for easy inspections with micro meter, high meter, calipers.

Your Profile:

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in a technical domain, or equivalent by experience
• Strong ability to read and interpret technical drawings.
• Ideally, you have experience in measuring and evaluating mechanical parts via a 3D CMM
• Preferably, you have a good understanding of dimensional and geometric tolerances.
• You have basic knowledge of a CAD tool
• You have an analytical mindset
• You have good communication skills, both in Dutch and English, and build actively a network within the organization

This position is also open for early careers and graduates.