Composite Technician - Airframe

Odys Aviation, Inc.; Long Beach (CA); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Odys Aviation, Inc. seeks a hands-on Composite Technician to support fabrication, assembly, integration, and testing of composite and metallic structures across aircraft platforms.

You will collaborate with engineers and technicians on prototype builds, layups, curing, bonding, and final assembly to enable flight readiness across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Hands-on composite fabrication, repair, or assembly.
• Experience with prepreg or wet layup, mold prep, vacuum bagging, and oven curing.
• Experience applying resins, structural adhesives, sealants, fillers, and primers.
• Experience trimming, drilling, sanding, and finishing composite components.
• Experience using hand tools, powered tools, and precision measuring equipment.
• Experience assembling, fabricating, or handling critical and tight-tolerance components.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, work instructions, and specifications.
• Understanding of composite workmanship standards, material handling, and contamination control.
• Experience manufacturing or assembling aircraft components is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Prepare molds and tooling, including cleaning, applying release agents, and preparing positive and negative molds.
• Perform composite layups using prepreg and wet layup materials.
• Mix and apply resins, structural adhesives, sealants, fillers, and primers in accordance with work instructions.
• Perform vacuum bagging, leak checks, and oven-cure operations.
• Trim, drill, sand, finish, and prepare composite parts for bonding and assembly.
• Assemble bonded composite and composite-to-metal structures.
• Set up and operate tools such as torque wrenches, drills, saws, sanders, heat guns, and soldering irons.
• Fabricate and assemble test rigs, test articles, jigs, and fixtures.
• Interpret engineering models, drawings, work instructions, layup schedules, and test procedures.
• Fabricate, assemble, and handle tight-tolerance aerospace components.
• Assemble and install prototype aircraft mechanical and electrical components.
• Support in-house and external structural and systems testing.
• Inspect parts for appearance, defects, function, dimensions, and tolerances.
• Operate ground-support equipment such as forklifts and gantry cranes.
• Maintain composite materials, tools, equipment, and shop areas in a clean and organized condition.
• Travel occasionally to machine and fabrication shops to obtain parts or purchase equipment.
• Work collaboratively and communicate effectively with teams of diverse backgrounds and skills.

Connaissances

Composite fabrication

Layup prepreg/wet layup

Mold preparation

Vacuum bagging

Oven curing

Resins/adhesives/primers

Hand tools / precision measuring

Reading drawings / specs

Tolerance inspection

Ground-support equipment operation

Team collaboration

CNC machining (plus)

OSHA certification (plus)

Formation

High school diploma or equivalent

Outils

Torque wrenches

Drills

Saws

Sanders

Heat guns

Soldering irons

Forklifts

Gantry cranes

Description du poste

About Odys

Our mission at Odys is simple - we build safe, sustainable aircraft to cut travel time in half on the world's busiest corridors. Our flagship aircraft Alta enables travelers to skip the big-airport hassle by using city helipads and local airports to connect cities less than 1,000 miles apart (approx 40% of flights). And on average cut CO2 by 76% on tens of billions of flight miles globally.

To get there, we start with our UAV called Laila for commercial logistics, medical transport, humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and defense missions. We’re deploying aircraft with launch partners Fiji Airways, Honeywell, Aramex, US Navy beginning in 2026 and already have firm orders for aircraft under contract.

We’re a team of expert engineers from deep tech and aerospace that focus on fast iterations loops completed transition flight faster than our peers combined with mastery of the aircraft certification process. Previously, our team developed custom drones, brought multiple automotive platforms into production, and electrified transportation vehicles that magnetically levitate, that roll, that fly. Together, we’ve been learning, developing, building, testing, and preparing for this challenge our entire lives.

About the Role

We are looking for a Composite Technician to support the fabrication, assembly, integration, and testing of composite and metallic structures across our aircraft platforms. You’ll work closely with engineers and other technicians to manufacture composite parts, complete bonded assemblies, and install airframe components, propulsion mounts, wiring harnesses, and actuation systems.

This role is highly hands-on and dynamic. You’ll support prototype builds, composite layups, mold and tool preparation, vacuum bagging, oven curing, trimming, bonding, and final aircraft assembly across multiple projects. You’ll play a critical role in getting our aircraft built, integrated, and ready for flight.

Your Responsibilities

• Prepare molds and tooling, including cleaning, applying release agents, and preparing positive and negative molds

• Perform composite layups using prepreg and wet-layup materials

• Mix and apply resins, structural adhesives, sealants, fillers, and primers in accordance with work instructions

• Perform vacuum bagging, leak checks, and oven-cure operations

• Trim, drill, sand, finish, and prepare composite parts for bonding and assembly

• Assemble bonded composite and composite-to-metal structures

• Set up and operate tools such as torque wrenches, drills, saws, sanders, heat guns, and soldering irons

• Fabricate and assemble test rigs, test articles, jigs, and fixtures

• Interpret engineering models, drawings, work instructions, layup schedules, and test procedures

• Fabricate, assemble, and handle tight-tolerance aerospace components

• Assemble and install prototype aircraft mechanical and electrical components

• Support in-house and external structural and systems testing

• Inspect parts for appearance, defects, function, dimensions, and tolerances

• Operate ground-support equipment such as forklifts and gantry cranes

• Maintain composite materials, tools, equipment, and shop areas in a clean and organized condition

• Travel occasionally to machine and fabrication shops to obtain parts or purchase equipment

• Work collaboratively and communicate effectively with teams of diverse backgrounds and skills

Your Background Should Be

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Hands-on experience with composite fabrication, repair, or assembly

• Experience with prepreg or wet layup, mold preparation, vacuum bagging, and oven curing

• Experience applying resins, structural adhesives, sealants, fillers, and primers

• Experience trimming, drilling, sanding, and finishing composite components

• Experience using hand tools, powered tools, and precision measuring equipment

• Experience assembling, fabricating, or handling critical and tight-tolerance components

• Ability to read engineering drawings, work instructions, and specifications

• Understanding of composite workmanship standards, material handling, and contamination control

• Experience manufacturing or assembling aircraft and aircraft components is a plus

• Experience with bonded aerospace structures is a plus

• Experience operating forklifts, gantry cranes, or other ground-support equipment is a plus

• CNC machining experience is a plus

• OSHA certification is a plus

• Knowledge of quality procedures, inspection methods, dimensions, and tolerances is a plus