Prototype Machinist for Aircraft Integration

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation; Coatesville (Chester County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation seeks a Fabrication Technician to bridge engineering concepts and flight hardware. In our dedicated prototype machine shop, you will fabricate high-precision, low-volume parts using manual and NC equipment and install them on experimental rotorcraft.

You will work with design engineers, purchasing, and flight test teams in an agile, fast-paced environment, following AS9100 documentation and contributing to DFM/ DFA discussions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in precision machining, toolmaking, or prototype aircraft fabrication/assembly.
• Certified Machinist (Journeyman, vocational trade certification, or recognized trade apprenticeship) required.
• Experience on experimental or prototype aircraft in a R&D, startup, or flight-test environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fabricates, assembles, and installs prototype equipment on rotorcraft for use in production and R&D.
• Interpret blueprints, modification work orders, technical orders, and military manuals.
• Install prototype equipment on aircraft and modify airframes as needed.
• Coordinate with project engineers and contractors throughout projects.
• Operate manual and NC 3-axis milling machines, lathes, drill presses, and basic sheet metal tools.
• Produce complex, tight-tolerance prototype parts from drawings or CAD models.
• Install prototype systems and perform structural modifications per DCNs and flight test needs.
• Perform first-article inspections and maintain AS9100 traceability.

Skills

Manual 3-axis mills

Lathes

NC machines

GD&T

Aerospace blueprints

Problem solving

Teamwork

Mentoring

Welding TIG

MS Office

DFM / DFA

DFM

Education

Certified Machinist

Journeyman machining certification

Tools

Fusion 360

Mastercam

SolidWorks

Job description

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation seeks a Fabrication Technician to bridge engineering concepts and flight hardware. In our dedicated prototype machine shop, you will fabricate high-precision, low-volume parts using manual and NC equipment and install them on experimental rotorcraft.

You will work with design engineers, purchasing, and flight test teams in an agile, fast-paced environment, following AS9100 documentation and contributing to DFM/ DFA discussions.