The FFL is part of the Mechanical & Reliability Department which provides innovative solutions for electronic prototypes designed for advanced sensing, communication, and navigation systems. Areas of expertise include ground, airborne and shipboard systems. The FFL provides a high quality, cost-effective means for the greater MITRE community to rapidly field and demonstrate technologies and to solve the mechanical design challenges posed by our Sponsors. The FFL:
- Plays a critical role for customer satisfaction and future business development by fielding and demonstrating new technologies to meet mission needs
- Partners with projects to prioritize needs and schedules with flexibility to provide a range of services from low cost, quick engineering changes to full-scale design and fabrication
- Handles real-time design/engineering changes, installations, and modifications of prototypes
- Develops and fabricates a wide range of diverse and unique solutions
- Provides low cost, quick turnaround custom prototypes
Roles & Responsibilities:The Group seeks to hire a talented, creative, and motivated individual who demonstrates familiarity and skill with all the commonly used machine tools. The successful candidate will:
- Work with shop supervisor, engineers, and other shop staff to fabricate and produce quality parts
- Demonstrate flexibility to work from blueprints, specifications, detailed verbal instructions, or detailed sketches
- Demonstrate knowledge and skill to fabricate prototype and short run production of parts from prints and CAD models with the ability to hold to +/- 0.001 tolerances when necessary
- Have knowledge and experience in machining metals, plastics, fiberglass, composites, and wood
- Support the engineering design group and technologists applying leading edge technology to develop electronic systems to solve challenging problems
- Support fielding of systems and associated travel, as needed, to include kitting, set-up, operation, test and tear-down
- Perform additional duties related to shop maintenance and operations including maintaining shop and equipment used in shop processes
- Follow all proper safety guidelines including wearing proper PPE
- Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and display a collaborative approach in working with the fabrication team
Basic Qualifications:- Typically requires a minimum of 2 - 4 years of related experience with a High School Diploma or equivalent in education, or 2 years' experience and an Associate degree, or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
- Understanding of machining and conventional fabrication technologies and experience with the programming, set-up, and operation of computer numerical control (CNC) milling machines and lathes
- Knowledge, proficiency, and experience with Mastercam Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software
- Ability to set-up and operate manual milling machines and manual lathes
- Knowledge of machinist hand tools like micrometers, calipers, and dial indicators
- Ability to safely operate grinders, shears, sanders, drill presses, horizontal and vertical band saws, table saws, radial arm saws, and all types of electric hand tools
- Knowledge of trigonometry
- Ability to travel up to 20% of time to support field work
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
- This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site
Preferred Qualifications:- 10+ years of related experience with a High School Diploma or equivalent in education, or equivalent combination of high school courses and related work experience
- Fabrication skills to support high-precision and complex parts using equipment such as 4- and 5-axis milling machines
- Knowledge and proficiency with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and ANSI and ASME drafting standards
- Working knowledge of 3D & 2D CAD (Computer Aided Design) software
- Experience with HAAS CNC machining centers
- Experience with welding aluminum and steel
- Ability to operate wire electrical discharge machining (EDM) systems
- Work experience in a research & development (R&D) or prototype machine shop setting
- Working knowledge of Solidworks PDM, or similar data/configuration management software
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):Secret
Salary compensation range and midpoint:$70,000 - $87,500 - $105,000 Annual
Work Location Type:Onsite
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