Shop Fabricator

Company:         

Ampaire is a tech start-up based in California that is leading the charge in electric aviation. We are on a mission to provide the world with all-electric powered commercial flights that are affordable, quiet, and environmentally sustainable.  We are looking for talented individuals that are passionate about shaping the future of air mobility and inventing something the world has never seen before.

Role & Responsibilities: 

• Heat treating metal parts and components
• Light fabrication of test apparatus
• Light fabrication of electrical harnesses
• Mechanical fabrication
• Set up hand and machine tools, welding equipment, and computerized machines
• Operate hand and machine tools, welding equipment, and computerized machines
• Assemble parts and structures by lining up and joining them by welding, bolting, or riveting
• Finish products by cleaning, polishing, filing, or bathing them in acid solutions
• Ensure every aircraft or aircraft section is built and completed on time, on budget, and defect free
• Ensure material requirements are identified and communicated in a timely fashion to the sourcing department
• Maintain fabricating equipment
• Operate sanders, grinders, saws and drill presses to create aircraft parts
• Adapt machines to craft new parts
• Identify tools and methods needed to construct and assemble components
• Evaluate equipment performance and implement necessary modifications
• Maintain aircraft, work area, and hangar cleanliness

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or a GED equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in fabrication
• Ability to follow detailed drawings and other specification papers to determine the job, material, and equipment requirements
• Ability to follow detailed drawings and other specification papers to determine the amount of cutting, rolling and shaping. heating and hammering of metal products that will be needed to fabricate parts or sub-assemblies
• Ability to comprehend blueprints and work specifications
• Ability to work independently with little supervision
• Skilled at welding diverse metals

Desired Qualifications:

• Aircraft fabrication
• Electrical fabrication (i.e., wire harnesses, cable & electromechanical assemblies)
• A&P Certification

Travel: Up to 10% travel to Camarillo Airport located in Camarillo, CA.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand and move around the shop environment for extended periods of time
• Ability to walk; reach with hands and arms; kneel, crouch or crawl
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
• Regularly lift and move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and to climb or balance
• Excellent color vision and hand dexterity 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Work Environment:

• Exposure to hazardous equipment.  Required to wear safety attire, such as masks, safety glasses, and hard hats, for protection
• Exposure to noise levels that are distracting
• Work near others
• Active engineering shop environment inside an aircraft hangar.  Regular tool and equipment use, i.e., drilling, hammering, soldering
• Office building located on Hawthorne Municipal Airport.  Regular aircraft departures and arrivals near the worksite
• Indoor/outdoor work environment, variable temperatures related to weather conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.