Maintenance Machinist — Aircraft Landing Gear/Component Overhaul with Security Clearance

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Interpret technical orders, engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, work instructions, and written guidance to plan machining operations.
• Set up and operate machine shop equipment, including lathes, milling machines, grinders, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) equipment, and related machine tools.
• Fabricate, restore, modify, and repair aircraft landing gear components and related assemblies.
• Support depot-level overhaul and repair operations involving aircraft landing gear, wheels, brakes, hydraulic systems, pneudraulic systems, and related aircraft components.
• Perform machining computations involving dimensions, tolerances, feeds, speeds, tooling requirements, and material requirements.
• Use machinist hand tools and precision measuring instruments to verify compliance with engineering specifications and close-tolerance requirements.
• Select appropriate materials, parts, tooling, equipment, and machining methods required to complete assigned work.
• Fit, assemble, and verify proper function of machined components within aircraft landing gear systems and assemblies.
• Apply knowledge of common metals, material properties, machining processes, and aircraft component repair standards.
• Ensure all machining work complies with applicable technical orders, safety requirements, quality standards, and local operating procedures.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area in accordance with Air Force, OSHA, and shop safety requirements.
• Cookordinate effectively with Government supervisors, inspectors, engineers, work leads, and maintenance personnel to support production schedules and mission requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required. Active Secret clearance required at start.
• Formal machinist apprenticeship, vocational training, military technical training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience operating conventional and/or CNC machine tools in a manufacturing, maintenance, repair, overhaul, machine shop, or depot environment.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, technical manuals, specifications, and written work instructions.
• Experience using machinist hand tools, precision measuring instruments, and standard machine shop equipment.
• Ability to perform machining calculations involving dimensions, tolerances, feeds, speeds, tooling, and material requirements.
• Knowledge of common metals, material properties, and machining processes.
• Ability to fabricate, restore, modify, repair, fit, assemble, or verify metal parts and mechanical components.
• Ability to work safely in an industrial, depot, production, or military maintenance environment.
• Ability to follow technical orders, safety requirements, quality standards, and work instructions.
• Ability to coordinate professionally with Government and contractor maintenance teams.

Prior Experience

• Prior experience supporting Hill AFB, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, Air Force Sustainment Center, 309 CMXG, 532 CMMXS, or comparable Air Force depot maintenance environments.
• Experience machining, repairing, or overhauling aircraft landing gear, wheels, brakes, hydraulic components, pneudraulic components, or aerospace mechanical assemblies.
• Experience working in an aerospace, defense, military, aviation, MRO, or depot-level maintenance environment.
• Experience with close-tolerance machining for aircraft, military, industrial, or mission-critical components.
• Experience operating lathes, mills, grinders, CNC machines, and precision measurement equipment.
• Experience with technical orders, engineering drawings, blueprints, work instructions, process specifications, and quality inspection requirements.
• Prior military aircraft maintenance, aircraft component repair, machine shop, manufacturing, or precision machining experience.
• Strong attention to detail, safety discipline, quality awareness, and ability to meet production timelines in a regulated maintenance environment.

About STi

Strategic Technology Institute, Inc. (STi) supports national security missions across Engineering • MRO • Logistics • IT & Cybersecurity • Program Control. STi is a minority-owned Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) focused on delivering flexible, mission-driven solutions that help Federal customers solve complex operational challenges.