Composite Technician B - 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 role produces composite parts, components, and assemblies, including development hardware for research and development programs. The technician follows detailed work instructions and uses manufacturing and diagnostic equipment while supporting safety, quality, maintenance, and production deadlines. The position is scheduled for a first-shift 4/10 schedule: 10-hour workdays, four days per week. The technician may facilitate on-the-job training and coordinate with maintenance personnel, supervisors, and engineers on equipment setup, calibration, and process issues.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent and at least 4 years of prior relevant experience; or a post-secondary/associate degree and 0 to 2 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.
- Prepare components for lay-up, filament winding, cure, and post-cure using cured and uncured rubber materials and adhesives.
- Operate machinery and shop equipment, which may include ovens, autoclaves, manual and CNC lathes, CNC milling centers, manual mills, 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.
- Perform structural bonding 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 for 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, supervision, and/or engineers on equipment setup and calibration.
- Participate in preventative maintenance activities.
- Clean machines, equipment, and the work area according to Standard Operating Procedures.
- Support safety initiatives and adhere to 5S+1 standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
