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Composite Technician

Physical Sciences Inc. is an Employee-Owned company with its corporate office located in Andover, MA.  We seek an experienced Composite Technician to work at our Advanced Composite Structures (ACS) location in Wilmington, MA. 

Physical Sciences Inc. is an Employee-Owned company with its corporate office located in Andover, MA.  We seek an experienced Composite Technician to work at our Advanced Composite Structures (ACS) location in Wilmington, MA.  The Composite Technician will have a strong background in development manufacturing of aerospace grade composite structures.  Applicants for this position should also have hands on experience in composite materials processing, mechanical aptitude, and a keen attention to detail.  This job opening is in the field of composite R&D for extreme temperature aerospace applications.

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Physical Sciences Inc. is an Employee-Owned company with its corporate office located in Andover, MA.  We seek an experienced Composite Technician to work at our Advanced Composite Structures (ACS) location in Wilmington, MA.  The Composite Technician will have a strong background in development manufacturing of aerospace grade composite structures.  Applicants for this position should also have hands on experience in composite materials processing, mechanical aptitude, and a keen attention to detail.  This job opening is in the field of composite R&D for extreme temperature aerospace applications.

Job responsibilities will include lamination, bagging and cure of composite laminates, furnace operation, tool prep and part detooling, part infiltrations and equipment maintenance, troubleshooting and repair.  Having a basic mechanical aptitude and the willingness and ability to learn on the job are equally important to experience in these job responsibilities.  Ability to maintain and repair daily use equipment is a major bonus.

 

Basic Qualifications Include:

 

  • 5+ years of hands on experience working with composite materials
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Hands on experience with common composite manufacturing methods
  • Flexibility to support multiple manufacturing development efforts
  • Experience working in aerospace or other highly regulated industry
  • Basic measurement techniques such as calipers, micrometers, Pi-tape and scales.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings and lamination schedules
  • Ability to provide practical part development assistance to engineering
  • Basic machine shop/power tool experience

 

Highly Desired Candidates pose one (or more) of the following qualifications:

 

  • Experience working in aerospace or other highly regulated industry
  • Experience in Ceramic Matrix Composites (such as SiC/SiC, C/SiC, or C/C)
  • Experience in vacuum assisted resin transfer methods
  • Experience in Braiding, Automated fiber placement, Tape Wrapping, or Filament Winding
  • Experience in potting and polishing composite samples for photo micrographs
  • Experience with Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processing
  • Interpreting Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE/NDT) results, such as, Ultrasonic, Infrared Thermography or Computer Tomography methods.
  • CAD experience, Solidworks
  • Familiarity with metrology techniques such as CMM or 3D scanning
  • Understands Lean Six Sigma methodology
  • Experience with high temperature atmospheric furnaces

US citizenship is required

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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