UAS Mechanical Assembly Technician B

Airbus • Bingen, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a skilled UAS Mechanical Assembly Technician to join their production team. This role is responsible for the end-to-end assembly, calibration, and testing of mission-critical aircraft components. The position requires a high degree of mechanical aptitude and involves working with advanced systems such as fuel lines and rotor heads, ensuring all builds meet a 95% First Pass Yield standard. The Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor Program offers a sophisticated small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities, used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) by US and allied forces.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of two (2) years of Mechanical Assembly or related mechanical experience.
• Basic computer skills
• Read, interpret, and follow written technical data
• Familiarity with common mechanical type tooling
• US Person Status under ITAR definition (must be a U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license).
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms.
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer.
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor.
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site.
• Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits; appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Nice To Haves

• Travel Required: 5% Domestic and International
• Onsite or remote: 95% Onsite
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice.
• 80% Travel

Responsibilities

• Perform fabrication, assembly, installation, repair, replacement, adjustment, and alignment of metallic and composite parts and components.
• Conduct functional checks of systems for proper functioning.
• Perform work from three-dimensional blueprints, sketches, diagrams, technical manuals, work orders, inspection reports, and other similar documentation.
• Build complex mechanical assemblies with written work instructions within established periods and processes with a high degree of accuracy and quality.
• Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
• Set up and operate production equipment in accordance with current manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain production equipment and tools.
• Operate test equipment I.E. Dynamometers and oscilloscopes.
• Provide investigation details of failed and damaged components.
• Perform normal troubleshooting to diagnose malfunction or failures on aircraft systems including aircraft equipment furnishings, fuel system, landing gear, doors, fuselage, stabilizer, rotor systems, power plant and engine controls.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Paid time off
• Personal time
• Holidays
• Generous paid parental leave program
• Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans)
• Prescription insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”)
• Other supplemental benefit coverages
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Prescription insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Basic & Voluntary Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance
• Short and Long-term Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off including paid holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Bonus(es) subject to performance criteria

What This Job Offers

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