Aerospace Composite Fabricator

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest in San Diego conducts composite fabrication and repairs on critical flight components. The role requires fabricating and laying up composite material to exact specifications and ensuring adherence to technical directives.

You will determine tooling needs, analyze damage, and plan and execute the fabrication of advanced composite assemblies in close coordination with engineering, often with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform composite fabrication work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to interpret technical directives and maintain dimensional tolerances.
• Experience using measurement tools to verify laminate lay-up.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and lay up composite material to form skin panels or repair parts per directives.
• Determine tooling requirements for fabrication and repair of composites.
• Analyze damage to flight components to select repair configurations.
• Plan, layout, modify, fabricate and research advanced composite assemblies with minimal supervision.

Skills

Composite fabrication

Laminate lay-up

Tooling planning

Quality standards

Tools

Micrometers

Calipers

Ball gauges

Job description

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest in San Diego conducts composite fabrication and repairs on critical flight components. The role requires fabricating and laying up composite material to exact specifications and ensuring adherence to technical directives.

You will determine tooling needs, analyze damage, and plan and execute the fabrication of advanced composite assemblies in close coordination with engineering, often with minimal supervision.