Composite Technician (Entry-Level, $20/hr)

Middle-River-Aerostructure-Systems; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

COLA pay

Shift differential pay

Education assistance

Safety program

Job summary

ST Engineering MRAS in Baltimore seeks a meticulous technician to fabricate and repair complex composite and metal bonded assemblies. You will follow engineering drawings, prepare materials, and set up tools to achieve tight tolerances in fixtures and during bonding.

This hourly role offers competitive benefits and growth opportunities. You will operate cranes and lifting devices, work at heights, and participate in collaborative work groups to meet production goals.

Qualifications

• Must have broad shop trade knowledge of bonding procedures.
• Ability to read and interpret complex assembly drawings, lofts, and specifications, use shop mathematics and work with precision measurement instruments.
• Export-controlled technology requires U.S. Person status or government authorization.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and repair complex composite and metal bonded assemblies per drawings and specifications.
• Prepare materials, molds, patterns, adhesives for molding and bonding processes.
• Lay out resin impregnated sheets on molds with complex contours to ensure gap-free laminates.
• Assemble and locate components to close tolerances, adjust assemblies in/out of fixtures to meet specs.
• Operate cranes, fork trucks, and other lifting equipment as needed.
• Adhere to safety procedures and participate in Collaborative Work Groups to meet goals.

Skills

Bonding procedures

Drawings interpretation

Precision measurement

Shop mathematics

Laminate layup

Tooling operation

Fabrication & repair

Tools

Cranes operation

Fork trucks

Lasers

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 its 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.

ST Engineering MRAS offers these incentives for hourly roles:

AT ST Engineering MRAS, we offer great rewards, competitive pay, career advancement and growth 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.

• 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] .