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Composites Technician

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Job Summary

Support rapid prototyping in a DoD-focused hardware group by planning, fabricating, and delivering composite components. Perform layups, mold making, trimming, bonding, and assembly in a hands-on shop while ensuring quality, schedule, and performance goals in a collaborative environment.

Location: Tucson

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades

Key Responsibilities

•Read and interpret engineering drawings, models, and specifications to ensure parts meet design intent and tolerances.
•Estimate fabrication tasks (labor hours, material costs, lead times) and identify manufacturability issues and tooling required.
•Initiate quoting and ordering of raw materials, hardware, and machine tools for projects.
•Perform hands-on fabrication in composites shop (mold making, carbon fiber layups, vacuum forming, woodworking, silicones, etc.).
•Carry out wet layup, prepreg layup, bagging, curing, demolding, trimming, drilling, bonding, and final part finishing; perform mechanical/electro-mechanical integration and final inspection.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 60,000 - 114,000 annually

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kLife Insurance

Key Requirements

•Typically requires an AA/AS degree, (or another 2-year post high school training) and a minimum of eight (8) years of experience in a manufacturing or composites shop environment.
•Experience with composites and woodworking.
•Experience with adhesives and silicones.
•Experience with reading fabrication drawings.
•Highly organized, efficient and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.

Experience:8+ yearsAerospaceDefense

Education:Associate's

Skills:CommunicationInterpersonal skillsTeamwork

Languages:English

Tech Stack:3D CADCompositesVacuum formingCarbon fiberLayupsPrepregsLayupTrimmingBonding

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

RTX

Designs, manufactures, and services aerospace and defense systems, including aircraft engines, avionics, aerostructures, missiles, and cybersecurity solutions for commercial, military, and government customers worldwide.

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Arlington, United States

Founded: 2020

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