Job Description
Job Description
Shift: 6:00AM-3:30PM some flexibility-7:00AM start at the latest.
Position Overview
We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Precision Assembly Technician with 20+ years of hands-on precision assembly experience, ideally in a development or R&D environment and preferably with experience building hardware for space applications.
This is a great fit for someone who is highly independent, self-driven, and comfortable working in ambiguity. In this role, you won’t always have a perfect process or complete instructions — you’ll need to quickly find the right information, ask smart questions, and keep work moving. We need someone who can learn fast and contribute from day one.
What You’ll Do:
- Perform precision assembly of optical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical components
- Work in Class 100 (ISO 5) clean room and laboratory environments
- Assemble, bond, and handle delicate, miniature components to extremely tight tolerances, including micron-level work
- Perform lapping to achieve demanding flatness, parallelism, and angular requirements
- Safely handle sensitive optical hardware such as lenses, mirrors, and optical subassemblies
- Read and interpret manufacturing instructions, drawings, blueprints, and CAD models
- Maintain strict component traceability
- Troubleshoot complex assembly issues and help determine effective corrective actions
- Partner closely with engineering and cross-functional teams to improve assembly methods, documentation, and manufacturability
- Drive continuous improvement to reduce errors, defects, scrap, and rework
- Take initiative during downtime and independently move valuable work forward
- Lift and transport items up to 32 lbs
What Makes This Role Different? This is a fast-paced development environment, not a repetitive production role. Success here means you can:
- Handle ambiguity extremely well and keep execution moving when information is incomplete
- Climb a steep learning curve quickly and add value immediately
- Work with a high level of independence and minimal supervision
- Bring both craftsmanship and problem-solving to complex builds
What You Bring:
- 20+ years of precision assembly experience
- Experience in a development environment strongly preferred
- Experience assembling space hardware strongly preferred
- Proven ability to be self-directed, decisive, and resourceful
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to rapidly gather information when things are unclear
- Experience with optical, mechanical, and electro-mechanical assembly
- Comfort working in clean room environments
- Strong communication skills and the ability to provide useful feedback to engineers and program teams