Composite Technician A - 1st Shift
About The Position
L3Harris is seeking a Composite Manufacturing Technician to work at its Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) North in Huntsville, Alabama. The facility fabricates and assembles small, medium, and large case composite rocket motor hardware. This first-shift role follows a 4/10 schedule: 10-hour days, four days per week. The technician produces and assembles composite parts and hardware, prepares components for manufacturing processes, operates shop equipment, performs quality and troubleshooting activities, and supports production, development, safety, and maintenance work. The role also includes providing on-the-job training as needed and coordinating with management, supervision, maintenance personnel, and engineers to meet deadlines and maintain equipment and processes.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 0 to 3 years of prior related experience.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.
Responsibilities
- Produce parts, components, and final assemblies using composite fabrication, compression molding, metal fabrication, modification, checkout, rework, quality testing, and assembly processes, following detailed work instructions and technical documentation.
- Prepare components for lay-up, filament winding, cure, and post-cure using cured and uncured rubber materials and adhesives.
- Operate shop machinery and equipment, including applicable ovens, autoclaves, lathes, milling centers, boring mills, presses, furnaces, mixers, grinders, swages, paint booths, fume hoods, and automated welding equipment.
- Fabricate and assemble piece parts into completed subassemblies using assembly tools.
- Perform vacuum bagging and related processes to fabricate and cure composite parts.
- Complete structural bonding operations using film adhesives, core materials, and adhesives.
- Build complex layups individually and in small groups.
- Insulate mandrels and composite cases.
- Cast, cure, and machine sand mandrels.
- Facilitate and conduct on-the-job training of technicians as required.
- Work with management and supervision to meet critical deadlines.
- Produce development hardware to support research and development programs.
- Troubleshoot processes and identify, modify, or escalate out-of-control processes and production escapes.
- Coordinate with maintenance personnel, supervision, and/or engineers to set up and calibrate equipment.
- Participate in preventative maintenance activities.
- Clean machines, equipment, and the work area according to Standard Operating Procedures.
- Support safety initiatives and follow 5S+1 standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
