Production Test Technician 2 bei Applied Composites

Applied Composites (AC) is seeking a Test Technician 2 who is responsible for building, assembling structural and/or environmental test setups, apparatus tailored to meet customer-specific needs for structural qualification, proto-qualification and/or workmanship-type testing of aerospace-based composite flight hardware.   Able to work independently and collaboratively with all levels of personnel; particularly with Test Engineers, other Test and/or Assembly Technicians and QA inspection to ensure test requirements are fulfilled to the customer needs and satisfaction.

About AC: Come and join the Applied Composites team. We are a leading provider of complex composite components, assemblies, engineering and tooling to the aerospace, defense, and space system markets. Our employees are treated with respect and given the support, knowledge, and resources they need to thrive. If you are looking for a company that values and develops its employees while offering engaging work, Applied Composites may be the place for you.

Job Accountabilities:

• Able to assemble and build “one-off” type structural test setups, test fixture assemblies from blueprints, CAD layouts, digital photos and/or sketches or verbal instructions
• Able to read and comprehend written test documentation including test procedures, shop travelers, schematics, checklists, drawings and blueprint per ASME Y14.5
• Experience using standard COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) type fixturing, such as Unistrut, 80-20 extrusion to assemble test setups
• Experience using hand tools necessary to assemble bolted joints, cut and/or file metallic fixturing, light duty drilling using cordless power tools
• Able to perform basic drilling, cutting, filing, deburring of metallic fixturing
• Able to operate Milwaukee mag-drill, band saw, cordless power tools
• Able to use basic mechanical metrology tools; hand calipers, height gages, micrometers, scales to perform test setups and layouts
• Able to perform basic strain gage bonding and hand soldering; tailored to light wire gages of 18 gage down to 30-gage
• Familiar with proper and safe use of standard lifting devices; lifting straps, shackles, pulleys, eyebolts, swivel hoist rings to execute rigging necessary for crane lifts 
• Able to perform basic shop math, basic arithmetic, geometry
• Plus:  previous experience with standard test equipment; loadcells, strain gages, deflection transducers, wheatstone bridge type sensors applied to structural testing
• Plus: previous knowledge and/or experience with carbon fiber-reinforced composites and honeycomb panel composites testing, particularly tailored towards aerospace-type applications
• Plus:        Proficiency using Vishay StrainSmart data acquisition systems, including System 5000 and 6000 or equivalent
• Other responsibilities as assigned
   

Job Specifications:
 
 Education:  High School Diploma or GED; previous shop experience; particularly with aerospace-type composites a plus
Years’ Experience:  5 years or more of relevant experience
 Skills:

• Experience in planning, scheduling, and monitoring production cycles
• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to touch, hold, handle and feel
• Frequently required to stand, walk,
• Ambulate in and around test frame and scaffolding, climb up/down ladder
• Close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Noise level in the work environment is typically quiet to moderate noise
• Lift, carry, handle product weighing up to 50 pounds
• Periodic computer use, possibly up to four plus hours per day
• Work is performed indoors, moderate noise typical of a production environment

 Benefits:
 
 At Applied Composites, we recognize how important your career and benefits are to you and your family. We offer a full suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability coverage, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, basic and supplemental life insurance, employee assistance plan, retirement savings and matching, tuition reimbursement and other developmental opportunities. We are committed to supporting the way you live and work.

AC is an Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled - Affirmative Action Employer.

This position requires the use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.