Composite Fabricator (Boat Builder)

Seasats; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401k matching

Four free lunches per week

Employee activity fund

Pet-friendly office

Unlimited/Flex PTO

Job summary

Seasats is shaping the next generation of unmanned surface vessels. We seek a Composite Fabricator to build structural assemblies, bond hulls and decks, and ensure quality through precise workmanship.

Forefront in a fast-growing maritime robotics environment, you’ll work with adhesives and composites to enable long-duration ocean missions. You’ll join a hands-on team focused on safety, cleanliness, and continuous process improvement, with competitive compensation, stock options, and strong

Qualifications

• Experience with hand tools and power tools is required.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, assembly instructions, and work orders.

Responsibilities

• Bond composite hulls, decks, bulkheads, and structural components using epoxy and adhesives.
• Prepare bonding surfaces through sanding, cleaning, and surface prep.
• Install bonded inserts, brackets, mounting plates, and threaded inserts.
• Read engineering drawings and work orders to build assemblies accurately.
• Use fixtures and jigs to ensure alignment and repeatability.
• Trim, drill, fit, and finish composite parts to meet design specs.
• Inspect bonded assemblies for quality, fit, and workmanship.

Skills

Hand tools

Power tools

Reading drawings

Job description

Role: Composite Fabricator (Boat Builder)

Location: San Diego, CA (in-office)

Salary: $71,000 - $80,000 / yr + stock options, 401k matching, and other benefits

Role Overview:

Seasats is rapidly scaling production of unmanned surface vessels that operate for months at sea in some of the world's harshest environments. We're looking for a skilled Composite Fabricator to help build the structural assemblies that make those missions possible.

This role is focused on assembling composite structures and building the boats that will cross oceans unmanned. You'll bond hulls, decks, bulkheads, mounting hardware, and structural components using structural adhesives while ensuring the process meets our quality standards. Your work will directly impact the strength, durability, and reliability of vehicles deployed around the world while maintaining Seasats' name for building reliable boats!

Role Details:

Some specific responsibilities may include:

• Bonding composite hulls, decks, bulkheads, and structural components using epoxy and structural adhesives
• Preparing bonding surfaces through sanding, cleaning, abrasion, and other surface preparation techniques
• Installing bonded inserts, brackets, mounting plates, threaded inserts, and other hardware into composite structures
• Reading engineering drawings, assembly instructions, and work orders to accurately build assemblies
• Using fixtures and jigs to ensure proper alignment and repeatability throughout assembly.
• Trimming, drilling, fitting, and finishing composite parts as needed to meet design requirements
• Inspecting bonded assemblies for quality, fit, alignment, and workmanship before final handoff
• Collaborating with engineering and production teams to identify manufacturability improvements and refine assembly processes
• Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe work environment while following material handling and safety procedures

About You:

You enjoy being hands on and have a keen eye for detail. Experience with hand and power tools is a must but composite experience can be trained. Whether you are a cabinet maker, carpenter, tiler, a stone mason or simply like building things in your spare time this role could be a good fit for you. Some key attributes:

• A team player
• Take pride in the work you do with strong workmanship standards
• Always learning and open to learning/creating new techniques
• Diligent in time keeping and communication
• Always wanting to improve and add to the manufacturing process
• Don’t mind getting dusty with the appropriate PPE
• Proficient in the use of pneumatic tools, drills, grinders, and measuring equipment
• Looking for a supportive and growth focused work environment

Due to export control requirements applicable to this position, we are only able to consider U.S. persons, as defined by U.S. export control laws. This includes U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and individuals granted asylee or refugee status.

In addition, it’s nice (though not essential) for you to have:

• Composite manufacturing experience
• Boat knowledge
• Composite repair experience
• Formal composite training

About Seasats:

At Seasats, we're passionate about delivering maritime robotics solutions to redefine the maritime industry. Our primary products are unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), designed to carry sensors at sea for months at a time. Our USVs provide persistent monitoring and data acquisition to defense, scientific, and commercial customers, and have autonomously crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. After thousands of years in which the only way to gather information from the ocean was to put people on a boat, these uncrewed vessels are transforming how humanity monitors and interacts with the ocean. Here, you’ll find the space and opportunity to do your life’s best work.

Along with your salary, you’ll receive perks including:

• Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
• 401k matching up to 4% of salary
• Four free lunches per week
• An employee activity fund
• A pet-friendly office
• Unlimited/Flex PTO

Hiring Notes:

Please note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.

We appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds. Seasats provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.