Precision Cable Assembler – High-Tolerance Harness & Testing

Communications and Power Industries, Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Communications and Power Industries, Inc. in Plano, TX, is seeking an assembler to join our manufacturing team. You will assemble cables and modules to exacting specifications, following blueprints, work orders and models.

You will measure and cut cables to length, select dies and tools for swaging, assemble fittings, and verify dimensions to ensure proper fit and function. Safety and 5S discipline are expected in daily workflow.

Responsibilities

• Fabricates and tests cable assemblies following blueprints specifications, using measuring instruments, hand tools, and machines.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, work orders and specifications to define sequence of operations, type & size of cable fittings required, quantity and finished dimensions.
• Measures & cuts cable to required length, considering cable stretch metal flow resulting from swaging operations, using cable cutter or saw.
• Selects installs dies, jigs, shims, or other accessories in swaging machine, using hand tools.
• Assembles fittings onto cable in specified location.
• Positions fitting cable between dies of swaging machine and depresses pedal to activate machine that swages fittings onto cable, turning cable assembly by hand as fitting is swaged onto cable.
• Verifies dimensions of cable assembly position of fittings, using measuring instruments.
• Tests holding capacity of cable assembly, using proof loading machines.
• Repairs reworks cable assemblies as required.
• May form loops or splices in cables, using clamps fittings, or by reweaving cable strands.
• May apply lubricants protective coatings to cable assemblies.
• May operate crimping machine.
• May mark identifying information on cable assemblies.
• May fabricate cable templates.
• Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
• Maintain shop disciplines (housekeeping, clean as you go and 5S)
• Work from assembly drawings, 3-D models, and other general documentation to carry out assembly procedures.
• Perform basic assembly operations to exacting tolerances

Job description

Communications and Power Industries, Inc. in Plano, TX, is seeking an assembler to join our manufacturing team. You will assemble cables and modules to exacting specifications, following blueprints, work orders and models.

You will measure and cut cables to length, select dies and tools for swaging, assemble fittings, and verify dimensions to ensure proper fit and function. Safety and 5S discipline are expected in daily workflow.