Deburrer

Knowles • San Diego, CA

4d

About The Position

The Deburrer performs basic mechanical assembly by removing burrs and excess material from machined or molded parts using hand, power, and pneumatic tools. This is considered an advanced deburr position, with promotion opportunities to the Deburr level position. The work involves inspecting precision parts, including under a microscope, and following travelers and job orders to complete and document operations. The Deburrer works to quality standards and established safety procedures while maintaining a clean and safe work area.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• High school diploma, GED, or an equivalent combination of education or experience.
• Ability to work with small precision devices under a microscope.
• Ability to follow written procedures to ensure products meet specifications.
• Steady hand, accuracy, and a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve problems and develop new concepts or ideas.
• High attention to detail and self-motivation.
• Ability to sit for long periods, move around the facility, climb stairs as necessary, bend down, reach up, regularly lift up to 15 pounds, perform repetitive tasks, and use manual dexterity to assemble parts quickly and accurately.
• Vision abilities including close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with deburring and mechanical assembly.

Responsibilities

• Read and follow travelers, job orders, and travel sequences, and sign off on completed operations.
• Inspect parts under a microscope to ensure burrs, excessive metal, and foreign material have been removed.
• Use carbide rods, wooden dowels, and other hand tools to remove burrs, silver, kovar, invar, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, excessive solder, and foreign object debris from tuned filters or other parts after machine shop or Diamond Saw lab operations.
• Follow traveler operations, sign the traveler, and enter work information into Oracle.
• Perform work in accordance with quality standards and established safety procedures.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Follow safety practices, including wearing appropriate PPE, following SOPs and safety signs, maintaining good housekeeping, communicating unsafe practices or conditions to local or PD EHS teams, and reporting safety incidents and near misses.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED