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CAM Engineer - Hamburg Factory (m/f/d)

Location: Hamburg (Factory)

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Competitive

Equity: Benchmarked

Role Overview

Own CAM programming and machining standards for Isembard's first German factory — from toolpath creation and first article prove-out to cycle time optimisation and production handover.

You will build the programming playbook that scales across every German site in the network. This is a high-ownership, hands-on role in a founding team of two to three people. There are no departments and no handovers. You programme it, you prove it, you run it.

Key Responsibilities

• Program, simulate and optimise CNC toolpaths (3-axis and 5-axis milling)

• Set, prove-out and run jobs to aerospace and defence standards

• Reduce cycle times and improve machine utilisation from day one

• Select tooling, cutting parameters and work-holding strategies for challenging materials (e.g. aluminium, steels, titanium, Inconel)

• Design and improve fixturing strategies

• Read and interpret complex engineering drawings and GD&T

• Build toolpath libraries, programming templates and documentation from scratch

• Support new part introduction (NPI) from drawing to stable production

• Contribute to DFM feedback for customers

• Work closely with the MasonOS software team to improve data capture, scheduling and automation

• Train machinists on programming standards as the team grows

• Help build the factory — install machines, commission equipment, define workflows

Required Skills

• Strong CAM programming experience (e.g. Hypermill, Mastercam, Siemens NX or equivalent)

• Proven ability to machine tight tolerances (±0.01 mm and below where required)

• Experience setting and running high-end CNC machines (e.g. Hermle, DMG Mori or similar)

• Deep understanding of feeds, speeds, tooling strategy and workholding

• Hands-on — you can program AND run the machine yourself

• Ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings and GD&T

• Clean documentation and revision control discipline

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment with no established structure

Nice To Haves

• Aerospace or defence manufacturing background

• 5-axis simultaneous machining experience

• Experience with titanium, Inconel and high-strength alloys

• NC simulation tools (e.g. Vericut)

• Experience with probing, automation or pallet systems

• Knowledge of EN 9100 / AS9100 quality systems

What We Offer

• Technical authority over programming standards for the entire German network

• Work on mission-critical aerospace and defence components

• Access to advanced 5-axis machine tools and evolving automation

• Equity participation in a scaling factory network

• Founding team role — you build a factory from zero

• Opportunity to shape tooling libraries and best practices replicated across sites

• High-performance culture focused on continuous improvement

About Isembard

Isembard is on a mission to forge industrial acceleration. We enable faster and cheaper products to be made for critical industries by combining advanced machine tools, robotics and our proprietary software, MasonOS. The components we manufacture are used in aerospace, defence, energy and other strategically important sectors. We are building a distributed network of high-performance factories across the UK, US and now Germany.

Our values:

• If not now, when

• Follow the five maxims

• Humour and humility