Deburring Technician
HORST Engineering · East Hartford, CT · 1 mo ago
EngineeringInternship
About the role
Operates deburring equipment to produce highly precision component parts that meet all quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Work from blueprints, operation sheets, travelers, or other specifications to complete finishing and deburring operations.
- Check product to meet all blueprint or operations specifications.
- Perform minor set-ups on deburring equipment.
- Obtain necessary tooling, gages, and materials.
- Perform deburring, polishing, tumbling, and rounding edges per specifications.
- May include part marking, cleaning, or other various operations.
- Use measuring tools: micrometers, Vernier, optical comparator, dial bores, pin gages.
- Perform visual inspections and dimensional verification per department/QA guidelines.
- Replace worn or damaged tooling as needed.
- Verify and record actual part count before and after work.
- Handle tumbling: media selection and process development for quality product.
- Responsible for blending corner radius and surfaces.
- Use microscopes for deburring operations.
- Hand deburr small parts using pencil grinders, bench grinders, drill presses, carbide deburring tooling.
- Keep equipment and work area clean and organized.
- Notify lead person or supervisor of parts shortages or machining problems.
- Pack and wash/preserve parts as needed.
- Perform other machining and assembly operations as required.
- Interact with associates from all departments.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Ability to understand operation sheets/blueprints, specifications, and applicable company/customer paperwork.
- Quality‑minded with willingness and ability to cross‑train in other areas.
- One year plus experience in a machine shop or deburring environment.
- Physical ability to push/pull/carry up to 50 lbs.
Pay
20‑24 hourly wage.