Furnace Calibration Technician

Zenix Aerospace SoCal; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Zenix Aerospace is hiring a Furnace Calibration Technician for the San Diego facility. The role involves maintaining and calibrating furnaces and heat treating systems to meet customer specifications, diagnosing issues, and performing repairs to maximize equipment uptime.

Ideal candidates will have 3–5 years in heat treatment, manufacturing/machine shop background, and a high school diploma or equivalent. This position is based at Jet Products in San Diego, with standard first shift hours.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of heat treat experience.
• Manufacturing industry experience preferred, especially machine shop.
• Education: high school diploma or equivalent with experience.

Responsibilities

• Calibrate furnaces and heat treating processes to customer specifications, using manuals and specs.
• Diagnose operational problems and perform repairs to maximize equipment availability.
• Disassemble, repair or replace defective parts and reassemble equipment following safety procedures.
• Install and tune instruments and perform field revisions with instrumentation and furnaces.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance to ensure smooth furnace operation.
• Maintain and update furnace documentation and drawings.

Skills

Furnace knowledge

SAT/TUS/MMI

PCs & MS Office

Thermal system measurement

Education

High school diploma/GED or equiv.

Job description

Zenix Aerospace Is Currently Hiring The Following Position

Title: Furnace Calibration Technician

Shift: 1st Shift (6:30am - 3:00pm) Monday - Friday

Facility & Location: Jet Products, San Diego, CA

Who is Zenix Aerospace?

We are a global leader uniting decades of expertise under one name. Zenix Aerospace™ is a leading supplier of structural airframe and engine components to the global aerospace and space industries. A critical supplier across all major fuel-efficient commercial narrowbody platforms with a global footprint in eight strategic locations across the US, UK, and South East Asia. We deliver on time, to the highest standards of quality and safety, as a trusted partner in aerospace excellence.

We are the leading partner in aerospace engineering uniting global expertise with a shared vision, we design and deliver high-technology aerospace components that keep aircraft and space systems flying safely, reliably, and efficiently. With a global footprint, decades of engineering heritage, and a future-focused approach to digital innovation, we are trusted by the world’s leading aerospace companies to deliver consistent excellence. Together, we are elevating aerospace.

Who is Zenix Aerospace Jet Products?

Zenix Aerospace Jet Products uses its own near net shape starting blanks with sizes ranging from 2″ to 180″ diameter. Applications include turbine engine parts, nacelle mounting and attach rings, and duct fittings. Produces complex machined rings and ring components in titanium, nickel, cobalt, stainless and aluminum alloys. Major markets for current production are airframe structural rings and assemblies, including the nacelle and thrust reverser, and a variety of rings and cases for turbine engines.

What Does the Job Involve?

Perform maintenance and support for furnaces and heat treating processes. Ensure furnaces are operating and maintained per specifications. Perform necessary repairs as safely and quickly as possible to maximize machine equipment availability to production.

What Will My Responsibilities Include?

• Calibrate furnaces and heat treating processes to customer specifications. Diagnose and resolve operational problems in accordance with operation manuals and manufacturers specifications using appropriate tools as necessary.
• Operate both gas and electric furnaces. Perform maintenance or assist in maintaining furnaces to required specifications. Disassemble, repair or replace defective equipment parts and reassemble equipment using proper safety procedures and equipment, perform necessary adjustments to maintain maximum production and quality.
• Perform system integration and wiring in conjunction with instrumentation and furnaces. Install and tune instruments and field revisions.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance to ensure furnaces and heat treating processes continue to operate and run smoothly and efficiently.
• Inspect, examine, operate and test machinery and equipment in order to diagnose malfunctions.
• Regulate and monitor advanced process controls and applications. Map process characteristics and turbulent disturbances with gas furnaces.
• Ensure furnaces and heat treating processes are in accordance to quality standards and processes are accurately maintained and properly recorded.
• Review production schedule and performs necessary adjustments during a time that least impacts production.
• Record maintenance and repair work performed. Maintain schedule requirements for all furnace SUT/TUS/T/C, MMI surveys. Schedule assignments for furnace related work.
• Maintain and update documentation and drawings for furnaces, instruments, racks.
• Demonstrate ability to appear for work on time, work overtime when necessary, follow directions from a supervisor, interact well with co‑workers, understand and follow work rules and procedures, work safely, comply with corporate policies, goals and objectives, accept constructive feedback, establish goals and objectives, and exhibit initiative and commitment.

What Key Skills Do I Need?

• Knowledge of furnaces and heat treating processes and turbulent flow profiles.
• Knowledge of SAT, TUS, MMI, ISC’s required.
• Familiar with personal computers and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge and experience with thermal system measurement devices.

What Qualifications Should I Have?

Education

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent education and experience.

Experience

• 3 - 5 years of previous heat treat experience.
• Manufacturing industry experience preferred, specifically machine shop experience.

Why Join Zenix Aerospace?

Joining Zenix Aerospace means not only a rewarding career with a tight‑knit and collaborative team, but you will also enjoy a competitive compensation package that includes a market‑led base salary, a comprehensive benefits package along with wellness benefits, employee recognition program, matching 401k plan, paid vacation, employee wellness activities, tuition reimbursement, and community involvement initiatives.

If offer of employment is made it will be contingent upon passing all of the following: Drug Test, Background Check, ITAR and U.S. Export Compliance Screening.

Equal Opportunity Employer: minority/female/disability/veteran

Access to our facility (and, therefore, employment) is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. refugees, asylees or temporary residents under amnesty provisions [as defined in 8 USC 1324b(a)(3)] and properly licensed foreign persons. Applicants receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to provide information to determine whether they are subject to these regulations and, if so, to assess their country of chargeability for trade compliance control purposes. Additionally, potential employee’s names will be screened against the Consolidated Screening List (maintained by the United States government) to determine eligibility to receive technical data.