Low Observable Coatings and Sheet Metal Technician

Required Skills: • Bachelor's degree with 3–5 years of relevant experience, master's degree with up to 3 years of relevant experience, or equivalent military, technical, or aircraft-maintenance experience.• 4–6 years of low-observable coating or high-gloss paint-system experience.• 2–4 years of fighter-aircraft experience involving platforms such as the F-16, F-18, F-22, or F-35.• 2–4 years of flight-line maintenance experience.• USAF 5-Level or 7-Level qualification, Navy NEC, Marine MOS discipline rating, Airframe and Powerplant certificate, or equivalent experience.• Ability to read and interpret aircraft engineering drawings, technical manuals, structural repair manuals, and technical orders.• Ability to identify aircraft locations using station, butt-line, and waterline references.• Experience applying low-observable coatings.• Experience with aircraft sheet-metal fabrication, structural repair, bonding, or modification work.• Ability to use precision measuring instruments, including micrometers, calipers, tape measures, and standard scales.• Experience using drills, angle motors, shears, drill presses, pneumatic riveters, and related fabrication tools.• Ability to wear a full-face respirator, Tyvek suit, gloves, and other required protective equipment.• Ability to maintain a clean, safe, and FOD-free work area.

Preferred Skills: • F-22 or F-35 aircraft experience.• Formal low-observable coating application training.• Composite-material experience.• Experience with aircraft paint processes and high-gloss finish systems.• Ability to read and interpret aircraft paint and stencil drawings.• Knowledge of paint-mixing ratios, viscosity requirements, application methods, and finish-quality standards.

What You'll Do: • Perform low-observable restoration and aircraft modification activities.• Fabricate shims, splices, gussets, angles, brackets, doublers, stiffeners, patches, and related detail parts.• Trim, file, drill, rivet, reform, fit, and deburr aircraft parts and assemblies.• Perform bonding operations on aircraft parts, assemblies, and materials.• Develop layouts and locate materials to maintain required contours, edge distances, and coordinated dimensions.• Prepare, mix, and apply bonding and coating materials.• Set up and operate material testers and mixers.• Verify installed materials for compliance with engineering specifications.• Determine the materials and labor required for repairs.• Remove, correct, and reinstall parts affected by design or modification changes.• Create shop aids to support fabrication, bonding, and assembly operations.• Record procedural and technical information for future use.• Maintain compliance with safety, quality, FOD, and protective-equipment requirements.

Pay: $20.79–$35.69 per hour