Assembly & Test Technician
Description
Assembly & Test Technician
Location: Arvada, CO
Who We Are
Special Aerospace Services (SAS) is a dynamic and rapidly growing aerospace company. Ready to be a critical part of one of the most exciting times in space exploration? What started in 2007 with a small team of visionaries is now a collaborative team of 100+ tenacious and steadfast specialists acting as trusted partners to clients in the space industry. Our mission is to further humankind’s dreams in air and space, and together, we are driven to innovate across engineering and mission-critical hardware.
Your Role
Our manufacturing team at Special Aerospace Services Flight Factory is critical to executing our mission, supporting technical work done in our field offices, and keeping our business running effectively. As an Assembly and Test Technician, you will ensure a quality product through robust assembly and test operations in this hands-on role in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. The candidate selected for this position will create and execute test and assembly plans for sub-systems in aerospace and defense programs with a wide range of complexity levels.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work from layout drawings, point-to-print wire lists, and wiring schematics
- Install electrical and electronic parts and hardware in housings or assemblies using soldering equipment or hand tools
- Assembly of manufactured hardware kits to upper-level parts using hand tools and measurement gages
- Apply necessary chemical compounds to hardware and assemblies
- Use PPE (personal protection equipment) properly to prevent unexpected incidents
- Read and work from assembly drawings, wiring diagrams, and parts list
- Perform tasks in a timely manner that meets or exceeds time standards
- Work to production schedules and timelines
- Perform duties in a safe, non-hazardous manner in compliance with safety standards
- Maintaining a clean working area
- Shipping and receiving of materials and products
How you will be rewarded:
The annual base salary range for this role is $40,000.00 - $55,000.00. Compensation depends on the candidate’s work experience, education/training, and related skills.
SAS Provides a total rewards approach to compensation, providing incentives and benefits far beyond base salary.
Working at SAS, you will be rewarded with the following:
- Commission and bonus structure
- Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental plans with generous employer contributions
- 401K program with great employer match
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) program
- Employer-provided disability and life insurance benefits
- Fitness reimbursement
- Pet Insurance
Basic Qualifications:
- 2+ years experience in a related role
- Proven work experience as an assembly technician or similar role
- Good hand-eye coordination to construct small parts and pieces into a final product
- The ability to use various hand tools to produce a final product
- Ability to follow instructions and diagrams as delivered for each product
- MUST have experience in Aerospace machining and assembly environment
- Experience with AS9100 environment
- Experience with wiring diagrams and cable harness assembly
- Experience with soldering
- Knowledge of and experience with MIL-spec practices
- Clear and effective verbal and written communication and reporting
- Detail-oriented, observant, thorough, and precise in accomplishing all tasks
- Demonstrated success in working with teams in manufacturing discussions
- Working knowledge utilizing ERP and QMS systems, preferably JobBOSS and SimpleTrak (or equivalents)
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
- High school diploma and related training
Preferred Requirements:
- Prior experience with precision machining and government contracts, ideally in aerospace and defense
- CPI_J-STD-001H Certification with Space Addendum
- IPC/WHMA-A-620D Certification with Space Addendum
- Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles and tools
- Experience engaging with cross-functional teams including technicians, manufacturing engineers, process engineers, quality, production leads, supply chain process owners,
- Experience participating in process improvement/innovation activities
This position may require a government security clearance; you must be a US Citizen for consideration. Applicants are subject to a background check in a Drug-Free Workplace.
Special Aerospace Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.