Senior Composites Technician: Aircraft Structures & Process

Swarmaero; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Medical, dental, vision

401k

Job summary

Swarm Aero is seeking a hands-on composites specialist to build and qualify aerospace structures. You will work closely with engineering on real aircraft hardware, implementing process improvements and developing new techniques on the shop floor.

The role emphasizes ownership, innovation, and a bias for action in a fast-paced environment, with direct impact on critical national security missions and a supportive, world-class engineering team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of deep, hands-on composites experience.
• Think in terms of resin systems, cure cycles, fiber architecture, and void content.
• Discuss prepreg chemistry as well as autoclave operations and bonded joints.

Responsibilities

• Lay up, bag, cure, trim, and finish composite aircraft structure to a consistent quality.
• Bridge gaps between process instructions and actual part performance; propose engineering fixes.
• Tackle complex geometries, tight tolerances, and large bonded assemblies.

Skills

Composites

Problem solving

Ownership

Manufacturing

Tools

Autoclave

Job description

Swarm Aero is seeking a hands-on composites specialist to build and qualify aerospace structures. You will work closely with engineering on real aircraft hardware, implementing process improvements and developing new techniques on the shop floor.

The role emphasizes ownership, innovation, and a bias for action in a fast-paced environment, with direct impact on critical national security missions and a supportive, world-class engineering team.