Composite Technician

ST Engineering; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Healthcare benefits

Career advancement

Growth opportunities

Job summary

ST Engineering MRAS is seeking a meticulous assembler/fabricator to fabricate and repair complex composite and metal bonded assemblies. You will work from engineering drawings, prepare materials, and ensure tight tolerances in fixtures that may lack stops or locators.

You will be responsible for planning fabrication steps, using templates, and ensuring clean, accurate post-cure handling. This role requires working with various tools in a safety-conscious environment, with opportunities for

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret complex assembly drawings, lofts, and specs.
• Broad shop trade knowledge of bonding procedures.
• Comfort working with precision measuring instruments and shop mathematics.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and repair complex composite and metal bonded assemblies.
• Plan fabrication by studying drawings and specifications.
• Prepare materials, molds, patterns, adhesives for bonding processes.
• Lays-out resin impregnated sheets and aligns laminates to meet tolerances.
• Assemble components and verify fit against drawings and sketches.

Skills

Read complex drawings

Precision measurement

Bonding procedures

Fabrication / repair of composites

Tools

Cranes & forklifts

Job description

Who YOU are and what YOU can become

Are you someone who thrives on precision, craftsmanship, and the challenge of working with advanced materials? If so, this role may be your perfect fit. We're looking for a meticulous and mechanically minded individual who enjoys fabricating and repairing complex composite and metal bonded assemblies. You’ll be working with intricate components that demand exact alignment in fixtures that may lack standard stops or locators, and where tight tolerances are critical to success. If you take pride in building things that truly fit together and enjoy the satisfaction of clean, accurate work, this is the kind of challenge you’ll love.

Who WE are and where WE are going:

At ST Engineering MRAS, our employees have amazing opportunities to work on advanced technologies and systems that support thousands of customers and millions of people worldwide every day. From the first flight across the Pacific Ocean to developing highly complex structures for the most popular aircraft in the world, we have come a long way always with a can-do approach to problem solving while delighting customers with our high say-do ratio. We are looking for people with innovative ideas and the drive to help us grow into the future.

A pioneer in the production and assembly of complex aerostructures including aircraft and rocket components, engine nacelle systems, thrust reversers and advanced composite products, we apply the latest digital technologies and automation in composite design and manufacturing that are second to none. At ST Engineering MRAS, we are also rapidly augmenting our maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities leveraging the company’s expanded aircraft nacelle portfolio as well as it’s materials and processing expertise.

What YOU will do:

To fabricate and repair complex composite and metal bonded assemblies. Includes the teardown of assemblies post cure and the cleaning of bond tools. Bonded assemblies are complex due to the quantity of interrelated components requiring precision alignment in fixtures not completely equipped with stops, locators, etc., and/or close tolerances critical to accurate assembly. To perform this function in accordance with the following duties:

• Uses works from engineering and tool design drawings, specifications, sketches and/or verbal information to fabricate and repair composite and metal bonded assemblies
• Studies information, tools and details to plan fabrication of assignment
• Prepares materials, molds, patterns, adhesives, etc., for molding and bonding processes
• Makes and uses templates to cut materials to desired shape
• Lays-out resin impregnated sheets against molds where complex contours and angles are usually encountered in inaccessible areas, requiring manipulative skill to fit and smooth laminates to eliminate wrinkles and remove air pockets
• Works laminate layers to desired smoothness to eliminate voids, delamination, crazing, blistering and wrinkles
• Locates all parts and assemblies which involves precision alignment and location of components to close tolerances and fitting and adjusting assemblies and components in and out of fixtures to meet specifications
• Determines location, position, accuracy of fit, conformity to contour, etc., of bonded assemblies by comparison with drawings and sketches
• Fabricates initial bonded assemblies, proving tools and component parts used in their fabrication, ascertains location, fit, clearance, etc., of components and usability and practicability of tools
• Determines method and sequence of work operations for use in assembling subsequent units
• Removes parts post-cure from associated molds and tools
• Cleans molds and / or tools as part of teardown process
• Repairs any damage to composite and metal bonded assemblies where the repair requires the utilization of uncured or prefabricated repair details on areas requiring intricate precision layouts
• Grinds, shaves, countersinks and inserts as specified in MPP’s
• Adheres to company safety procedures and regulations
• Operation of cranes, fork trucks, people lifts, upenders, lift tables, and rotating devices is required
• Duties involve working at heights, working around cured and pre-cured graphite, and use of lasers, hand and power tools
• Participates and actively engages in Collaborative Work Group to meet business goals

What YOU must bring to Succeed:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Broad shop trade knowledge of bonding procedures.
• Ability to read and interpret complex assembly drawings, lofts, and specifications, use shop mathematics and work with all types of precision measuring instruments.
• This position involves access to export-controlled technology which requires U.S. Person status or government authorization. A ‘U.S. Person,’ as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62, includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, individuals lawfully admitted for permanent residence (green card holders), and individuals granted asylum or refugee status in the United States. To be considered for this position, you must either be a U.S. Person or fall within a legally recognized export control exception or authorization. If hired, you will be required to provide valid proof of such status.

AT ST Engineering MRAS, we offergreat rewards,competitive pay,career advancementandgrowth opportunities.

Salary for this role: $20.00 per hour.ST Engineering considers several factors with extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates’ key skills, relevant work experience, education/training/certification, job level, and work location. Base salary is only one component of our competitive Total Rewards package.

ST Engineering MRAS offers these incentives for hourly roles:

• Competitive Healthcare Benefits Package
• Annual Pay Increases and COLA pay
• Shift Differential Pay for off shift schedules
• Educational Assistance Reimbursement
• Health & Safety Personal Protective Program
• Free Onsite Gym with weekly fitness classes

Employment Notice: Background and Drug Screening Requirements

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and secure workplace, successful completion of a background check and drug screening is a mandatory condition for employment. All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory results from these screenings.

It takes diverse talent to solve real-world problems. ST Engineering is deeply committed to building a workplace community where inclusion is valued, and everyone feels welcomed. We’re proud to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other legally protected grounds. So, bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s through our differences that innovative changes are made.

ST Engineering is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please contact our Talent Strategies team at 571-771-0101, or by email at [e-mail] .