Aerospace Assembly Technician
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Aerospace Assembly Technician builds blueprint-driven structural assemblies for aerospace and defense, drilling, fastening, aligning components and completing quality documentation on an ITAR-regulated production floor.
About this role
Overview
We're hiring Aerospace Assembly Technicians for our aerospace and defense manufacturing facility in Garden Grove, CA.
This is blueprint-driven structural assembl, building complex, multi-part assemblies that feed into larger aerospace and defense sub-systems. You'll work straight from engineering drawings to locate, drill, countersink, fasten, and align components to tight aerospace specifications.
The work is hands-on and precise: pneumatic drills, C-squeezes, rivet pullers, jigs and fixtures, and precision measuring instruments, with quality documentation behind everything you build.
Why Join Us
- Real aerospace craftsmanship: Blueprint-driven structural assembly, not repetitive line work
- High-impact work: Assemblies that go into high-stakes aerospace and defense sub-systems
- Financial impact: Guaranteed 45-hour weeks + additional optional overtime
Compensation
- $26–$30/hr
- Guaranteed 45-hour week + additional optional overtime
- Up to $75k/yr (including overtime)
Hiring on 1st Shift
- 1st shift: Monday – Friday, 5:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Responsibilities
- Blueprints: Determine detail and hardware locations from engineering drawings, mylars, and the shop router
- Layout: Locate and mark reference points and holes using jigs, templates, and measuring instruments
- Drilling & Fastening: Drill and countersink to fastener requirements; bolt, screw, and rivet components and subassemblies
- Fit-Up & Alignment: Trim, shim, and cut to fit components; position and align subassemblies in jigs and fixtures to blueprint lines and index points
- Installation: Install units, brackets, hinges, and clips into structural assemblies per blueprint and customer specifications
- Inspection: Inspect and test installed units for fit, performance, and compliance using precision measuring instruments
- Documentation: Complete quality documentation and verify part and hardware counts to the shop router
This isn't entry-level line assembly. We're looking for someone who has built aircraft structure before and can work directly from a blueprint without hand-holding.
Requirements
Requirements
- 2+ years of aerospace or aircraft assembly experience
- Reads and interprets engineering blueprints, drawings, and specifications
- Hands-on with hand tools, pneumatic tools, and riveting equipment
- Precision measurement with calipers, micrometers, and similar instruments
- Excellent attention to detail and hand-eye coordination
- U.S. person (citizen or permanent resident) — ITAR-regulated facility
Preferred:
- Structural aircraft assembly experience (drilling, countersinking, riveting airframe components)
- Working knowledge of aerospace customer specifications and requirements
- Experience setting up or operating automated assembly equipment
