Aerospace R&D Technician

Roboticsconnected; Oxnard (CA); In loco; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

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Equity

Health benefits

401k

PTO & sick leave

Wellness stipend

Catered lunch

Parental leave

Impact on mission

Top engineers team

Descrizione del lavoro

Swarm Aero in Oxnard, CA is seeking an Aerospace R&D Technician to bridge materials science, hands-on fabrication, and aircraft development. You’ll help develop and optimize composite manufacturing processes while working with an engineering team to test and improve production methods.

The role offers meaningful equity, competitive base salary, and benefits, with opportunities to influence national security programs and to grow in a fast-moving defense tech environment.

Competenze

• Hands-on fabrication experience in composites, auto body, or general fabrication shop.
• Strong technical communication skills.
• Interest in process development and understanding why a process works.
• Strong troubleshooting and technical problem-solving.
• Proactive mindset and ability to thrive in fast-moving environments where structure is built, not given.

Mansioni

• Support development and optimization of composite manufacturing processes.
• Fabricate and test aircraft components and tooling.
• Assist with material characterization and data capture.
• Help author shop procedures and technical documentation.
• Work with engineers to investigate failures and qualify materials.
• Track material usage and test data in spreadsheets and databases.
• Turn undefined problems into documented, repeatable solutions.

Conoscenze

Hands-on fabrication

Technical communication

Process development interest

Troubleshooting

Proactive mindset

Descrizione del lavoro

Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.

As an Aerospace R&D Technician, you’ll sit at the intersection of materials science, hands-on fabrication, and aircraft development. You’ll work alongside our engineering team to develop, test, and improve composite manufacturing processes.

What You’ll Work On

• Support development and optimization of composite manufacturing processes, building understanding of material behavior, cure kinetics, and process–structure–property relationships
• Fabricate and test aircraft components and tooling using conventional and novel methods (hand layup, prepreg, bonding, machining support, etc.)
• Assist with material characterization: mechanical testing, process validation, and data capture
• Help author shop procedures, work instructions, and technical documentation
• Work with engineers to investigate failures, qualify new materials, and support first-of-kind processes
• Track material usage, test data, and process build records in structured spreadsheets and databases
• Take ownership of undefined problems and turn them into documented, repeatable solutions

What You Bring

• Hands-on fabrication experience (composites, auto body, mechanical, or general fabrication shop, etc)
• Strong technical communication skills
• Real interest in process development and understanding why a process works, not just following a layup schedule
• Strong troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skillset
• Proactive mindset; thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where structure is built, not given

Nice to Have

• 5+ years in a technical/fabrication role
• Direct composites experience (prepreg, wet layup, infusion, RTM, autoclave, etc.)
• Composite tooling fabrication experience
• Aerospace experience
• CNC machining experience
• CAD design experience
• Strong Excel skills: comfortable building spreadsheets, using formulas, and tracking process/test data
• Experience with material characterization, mechanical testing, or process development in R&D or advanced manufacturing is a strong plus

ITAR requirement

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Swarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability.

What We Offer

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave
• Direct impact on a critical national security mission
• A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems