Aerospace Assembly Technician
About The Position
We're hiring Aerospace Assembly Technicians for our aerospace and defense manufacturing facility in Garden Grove, CA. This is blueprint-driven structural assembly, building complex, multi-part assemblies that feed into larger aerospace and defense sub-systems. You'll work straight from engineering drawings to locate, drill, countersink, fasten, and align components to tight aerospace specifications. The work is hands-on and precise: pneumatic drills, C-squeezes, rivet pullers, jigs and fixtures, and precision measuring instruments, with quality documentation behind everything you build. This isn't entry-level line assembly. We're looking for someone who has built aircraft structure before and can work directly from a blueprint without hand-holding.
Requirements
- 2+ years of aerospace or aircraft assembly experience
- Reads and interprets engineering blueprints, drawings, and specifications
- Hands-on with hand tools, pneumatic tools, and riveting equipment
- Precision measurement with calipers, micrometers, and similar instruments
- Excellent attention to detail and hand-eye coordination
- U.S. person (citizen or permanent resident) — ITAR-regulated facility
Nice To Haves
- Structural aircraft assembly experience (drilling, countersinking, riveting airframe components)
- Working knowledge of aerospace customer specifications and requirements
- Experience setting up or operating automated assembly equipment
Responsibilities
- Determine detail and hardware locations from engineering drawings, mylars, and the shop router
- Locate and mark reference points and holes using jigs, templates, and measuring instruments
- Drill and countersink to fastener requirements; bolt, screw, and rivet components and subassemblies
- Trim, shim, and cut to fit components; position and align subassemblies in jigs and fixtures to blueprint lines and index points
- Install units, brackets, hinges, and clips into structural assemblies per blueprint and customer specifications
- Inspect and test installed units for fit, performance, and compliance using precision measuring instruments
- Complete quality documentation and verify part and hardware counts to the shop router
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
