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Swift Engineering <br />Composite Technician Job Description <br />Description: Composite Technician <br />FLSA Status: Non -Exempt <br />Reports to: Director of Product Development Services <br />Supervises: N/A <br />Composite Manufacturing Job Purpose: <br />Composite Technician will be producing parts and assemblies for the aerospace, <br />unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), motorsport, and other product line industries that are <br />developed at our facility. Work shifts start as early as 6:00 am, 30 minute lunch. It is <br />preferable that personnel be willing to work night shifts, if needed. <br />Duties and Responsibilities: <br />Apply advanced technical skills and knowledge to fabricate composite parts using <br />pregreg epoxy resins with carbon, fiberglass, kevlar, and quartz fibers. Knowledge of <br />using core products, such as metallic and non-metallic honeycomb, is necessary as well. <br />Daily tasks are in lamination of prepreg materials as well as to plan, lay -out, fabricate <br />and build adhesive bonded assemblies of metallic and non metallic composite materials. <br />Additional responsibilities are in fabricating composite and metal parts into <br />subassemblies using bonding and hardware installation for curing in presses, ovens, and <br />autoclaves. <br />It is preferred that the candidate have experience in reading and interpreting work <br />instructions, specifications sketches, job travelers, planning documents and engineering <br />drawings. Work under standard supervision applying trained procedures and <br />collaborative solutions to meet work requirements. Priorities are determined by <br />management. <br />Qualifications: <br />• Requires a High School Diploma or GED <br />• Experience in working with laminating advance composite materials. <br />• Knowledge of releases, prepegs, resins, composite bagging, adhesives, usage of <br />bonding jigs, drill, trim fixtures, oven, autoclave and clean room procedures. <br />• Fabricate composite molds and parts as per instructions and drawings. <br />• Speak, listen and write in a clear, through and timely manner <br />• Take responsibility for workmanship and productivity <br />• Teamwork: Work with other people in cooperation and as a good team member. <br />• Not required but preferred expertise with running autoclave, use pneumatic tools <br />for trimming, drilling and bonding of hardware, use of technical devices for <br />measurements, gerber/ply cutting equipment <br />H:\jobdescription\compositelech\mrh \8-19-2014 <br />