Dimension Control Technician

Join Our Team as a Skilled Dimension Control Technician

Are you an experienced technician looking to advance your career in a dynamic and innovative environment? Northrop Grumman is seeking a highly skilled Dimension Control Technician to join our Tooling department in Palmdale, California—an area known for its rich aerospace history and vibrant community life. This is a full-time, onsite position offering a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects.

As a Dimension Control Technician, you will:

• Lay out, fabricate, and assemble standard and nonstandard major jigs, fixtures, tool masters, and related tooling.
• Plan and determine methods and sequence of operations from tool design drawings or your own designs.
• Set up and operate optical instruments for alignment, fit, or adjustment of assemblies.
• Develop and design holding devices and jig and fixture details.
• Prepare operational sequences and shop drawings for parts fabrication and assembly.
• Monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.

• High school diploma or equivalent with 4 years of related education and/or experience in tool building and laser tracking in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience devising reference systems and creating working build models.
• Ability to frequently move and position objects weighing 35 pounds and ascend and descend ladders.
• Ability to work inside and outside in a warehouse environment and a shop floor environment.
• Proficiency in MS applications such as MS Word, Excel, and Adobe PDF.
• US Citizenship is required.

• Master-level knowledge of multiple computer-aided metrology systems such as laser trackers, articulated arms, scanners 6
  
  DoF (Six Degree of Freedom).
• 6 years of Tool and Die or related experience.
• Experience in reverse engineering and model building from collected data.
• Knowledge of Integrated Systems Air Frames and Aero Structures.
• Experience with computer-aided graphic interfaces (Verisurf X, SA and Maya matrix, Build!IT, and Polyworks).

This position is intended to be contracted to hire. While this is our intent, this is not a promise to hire by Northrop Grumman. Per Diem will be paid in accordance with rates published on the GSA website for the work location and automatically managed by Concur.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and become a part of Northrop Grumman's innovative team!