R&D Engineering Fabrication Technician

Required

• 4 or more years of hands-on prototype machining, fabrication, toolroom, model-making, or closely related high-mix hardware experience, or equivalent evidence of independence.
• Demonstrated ability to take an approved CAD model or mechanical drawing to a finished part using mills, lathes, CNC equipment, hand tools, fixtures, and appropriate inspection methods.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, understand GD&T, tolerances, materials, and inspection requirements, and identify manufacturability constraints before work begins.
• Experience coordinating internal or external machine shops and resolving technical questions while preserving engineering approval boundaries.
• Reliable organization, safety judgment, documentation, and communication across ad hoc work and multiple engineering customers.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.