Tool and Laser Maintenance Technician - Clearfield, UT

Tool and Laser Maintenance Technician - Clearfield, UT

Clearfield, UT, USA

AIT is the world's largest provider of automation, factory integration and tooling solutions dedicated to the global aerospace, defense, and space launch vehicle industries.

AIT offers a competitive compensation package (including free medical options for employees and their family), casual work environment and excellent growth opportunities.

The Tool and Laser Maintenance Technician position is located at a customer facility. They are responsible for operating laser tracker equipment and completing day‑to‑day tool and equipment maintenance activity to meet quality standards and customer needs.

• Performs recurring planned maintenance
• Performance emergent maintenance and repair activity as needed
• Inspects, tests, and verifies accuracy of assembled article for conformance to standards, using measuring or testing equipment, or by visual examination.
• Demonstrates a complete understanding of the principles and use of applicable optical equipment and computer aided measuring equipment such as laser trackers.
• Fabricate, and prove optical and mechanical accessories to adapt and modify optical instruments and similar equipment used in building and checking major tooling.
• In‑process inspection and final inspection of parts, sub‑assemblies during manufacturing per customer requirements.
• Measures and marks reference lines and points on parts according to specifications, using templates, rules, or marking devices.
• Prepares, breakdown of jigs and fixtures, tool masters or master tooling gauges into components.
• Performs assignments that range from the use of ordinary operations to performing work involving accurate relationships and extremely close tolerances.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Associates degree or technical accreditation.
• Must have prior tooling and equipment maintenance relatable experience
• Must have a minimum of one year of experience working with laser trackers, model‑based metrology, analyzing data, and report generation.

• This position may require a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

List of needed knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully accomplish the duties and responsibilities of the job.

• Solid understanding of aerospace tooling and equipment (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic)
• Recent tooling and equipment maintenance experience
• Recent experience of operating Faro, API, Leica laser trackers using preferably Verisurf or Spatial Analyser software is required.
• Use in‑depth familiarity of GD&T; to interpret blueprints at all assembly levels.
• Discern how best to establish a reference system for the current task then apply it and install it both on and off the part.
• Collect geometric data via laser tracker through model‑based software such as Verisurf.
• Provide analysis of collected data and evaluate it to provide direction for remaining operations.
• Integrate process monitoring with the assembly process in locating details.
• Reads and understands blueprints, schematics, and/or measuring devices.
• Behaves consistently and predictably; is reliable, responsible and dependable in fulfilling obligations and diligently follows through on commitments and consistently meets deadlines.
• Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved.
• Clear and effective communication skills in both written and spoken forms.
• Understands how to use the computers, including such tasks as turning the computer on and off, locating and opening files, navigate to websites, perform searches, and download files.
• Knowledge of computer applications including email, databases, word‑processing program and spreadsheets (such as Microsoft Office).
• Respond and follow up to a customer’s inquiry or problem in a timely and effective manner.
• Identifies problems and review relevant information to develop options, then implement the solutions.
• Comfortable communicating and working with different levels of management, team members and customers.