Assembly Technician

About the role

Primus Aerospace is a leading manufacturing partner to aerospace, defense & space OEMs, Primes, and Tier I suppliers. The company specializes in producing high-tolerance, complex geometry parts machined from standard and exotic metals. Primus works directly with all major aerospace manufacturers (e.g., Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop) to provide components for mission-critical civilian and defense programs.

This is an entry-level position ideal for someone wanting to start a career in manufacturing and aerospace. Duties and tasks are varied but standardized, with assignments that are semi-routine in nature, requiring the ability to recognize deviation from accepted practice.

Responsibilities

• Read, interpret, and follow basic blueprints, diagrams, engineering drawings, specifications, bills of materials, and other written instructions or procedures to accurately assemble equipment and products.
• Grind, sand, clean, or polish objects or parts to correct defects or prepare surfaces for further finishing, using hand tools and power tools.
• Maintain inventory of product in work stations.
• Rework and/or repair assembled equipment and products according to engineering specification changes.
• Perform all work in accordance with quality standards and established safety procedures.
• Verify quality of finished workpieces by inspecting them, comparing them to templates, measuring their dimensions, or testing them in working machinery.
• Move controls to adjust, start, or stop equipment during grinding and polishing processes.
• Remove completed workpieces from equipment or work tables, using hand tools, and place workpieces in containers.
• Measure and mark equipment, objects, or parts to ensure grinding and polishing standards are met.
• Transfer equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.
• Trim, scrape, or deburr objects or parts, using chisels, scrapers, and other hand tools and equipment.
• Tumble parts as needed per customer requirements.
• Repair and maintain equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
• File grooved, contoured, and irregular surfaces of metal objects, such as metalworking dies and machine parts, to conform to templates, other parts, layouts, or blueprint specifications.
• Mark defects, such as knotholes, cracks, and splits, for repair.
• Study blueprints or layouts to determine how to lay out workpieces or saw out templates.
• Sharpen abrasive grinding tools, using machines and hand tools.
• Load and adjust workpieces onto equipment or work tables, using hand tools.
• Record product and processing data on specified forms.
• Select files or other abrasives, according to materials, sizes and shapes of workpieces, amount of stock to be removed, finishes specified, and steps in finishing processes.
• Apply solutions and chemicals to equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
• Ensure a consistent process is followed that maintains 100% part quality.
• Check parts to ensure all operations have been completed properly.
• Clean downdraft tables and floors daily. Maintain an organized work station.
• Operate manual mill and/or lathe.
• Perform soldering tasks (through-hole and surface mount components).

Requirements

• Soldering experience; Certification of IPC-610 (preferred) and J-STD-001, or willing to obtain upon hire.
• Hand soldering skills (through-hole and surface mount components).
• Eligible for or already have security clearance (highly desirable).
• Ability to quickly move your hand, hands together with your arm, or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Ability to use hand tools including deburring blades, scraper handles, Dremels, rotary brushes, sanders, and grinders.
• Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Quick response (with hand, finger, or foot) to signals (sound, light, picture) when they appear.
• Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Good hand dexterity and coordination, as products and components are typically very small.
• Ability to coordinate two or more limbs (e.g., two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while standing.
• Ability to time movements or equipment in anticipation of changes in speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
• Follow all safety requirements and policies.
• Ability to stand for long periods on concrete floors.
• Ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• Ability to use abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously without fatiguing.
• Ability to make fast, simple, repetitive movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.