Composite Fabricator

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest seeks a skilled composite fabrication specialist to fabricate and lay up skin panels and repair parts per technical directives. You will determine tooling requirements for both new assemblies and repairs, and analyze damage to critical flight components to select repair configurations.

You will plan, lay out, modify, fabricate and research advanced composites in close collaboration with engineering with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Candidates should demonstrate hands-on experience with composite materials and fabrications processes.

Responsibilities

• You will fabricate and lay up composite material to form composite skin panels or repair parts to dimensions and stacking order specified by technical directives.
• You will determine tooling requirements for fabrication of new assemblies as well as repair of composite assemblies.
• You will analyze damage to critical flight components and determine the type of repair configuration to be utilized.
• You will perform planning, layout, modification, fabrication and research of unconventional developmental advanced composite assemblies working in close coordination with engineering but with a minimal supervision.

Skills

Composite fabrication

Lay-up techniques

Damage analysis

Planning and fabrication

Engineering coordination

Job description

• You will fabricate and lay up composite material to form composite skin panels or repair parts to dimensions and stacking order specified by technical directives.
• You will determine tooling requirements for fabrication of new assemblies as well as repair of composite assemblies.
• You will analyze damage to critical flight components and determine the type of repair configuration to be utilized.
• You will perform planning, layout, modification, fabrication and research of unconventional developmental advanced composite assemblies working in close coordination with engineering but with a minimal supervision.