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

STENA•Middle River, MD

48d•$20•Onsite

About The Position

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. 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 it’s materials and processing expertise. 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:

Requirements

Must be 18 years of age or older.
HS diploma / GED equivalent.
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.

Responsibilities

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