Experimental machinist job description
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Experimental machinist requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in experimental machinist job postings.
Sample experimental machinist requirements
- Experience with CNC machining.
- Knowledge of machining processes, such as drilling, tapping, and boring.
- Ability to read blueprints and engineering drawings.
- Familiarity with metrology tools.
- Ability to use hand tools for machining.
Sample required experimental machinist soft skills
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
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Lockheed Martin experimental machinist job description
COVID\-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities\. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID\-19 variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security\.
To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires\. All current and newly hired employees are required to follow onsite safety measures based upon the COVID\-19 Community Level at the specific work location\.
**Description:** Experimental Aeromechanics Machinist
support the fabrication, assembly,
calibration, and test of rotorcraft scale models,
and the fabrication, static testing, and
environmental conditioning of composite test
articles\.
Specific responsibilities will include:
Support of all composite material machining
requirements in the Aeromechanics/Engineering
Development Center\. Support manual and
CNC machining of composites and metals\.
Support of mechanical and hydraulic assembly, check\-out, and calibration, during model test operations at the
Stratford Plant and other offsite test facilities, as
the test needs require\.
Primarily plans the layout, fabrication, and testing of mechanical devices; sets up and operates
any type of precision machine tool to make original parts, tools, mechanisms, and
devices for experimental purposes\. May be required to solve problems relative to
work\-holding arrangement, unusual materials, machine settings, tools, product
specifications, and fabrication methods for production process\. Normally performs
precision work to exacting tolerances and dimensions for research engineers in a
developmental laboratory condition\. Some machines may be numerically controlled\.
May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other
control procedures\.
**Basic Qualifications:**
High School diploma
5 to 7 years experience with machine shop operations\.
Minimum 5 years experience with CNC setup\. operations and programming for lathes and milling machines
**Desired Skills:**
Knowledge of Mastercam 3d and Multi\-axis preferred\.
Experience with Hurco 5\-axis operation and programming\.
Experience with manual and automated inspection process\.
Experience with assembly and dis\-assembly of mechanical and systems to technical blue prints or shop drawings\.
Knowledge of composite materials and
processes\.
Familiarity with basic surface machining and
cutting operations of various materials including
Kevlar, fiberglass, graphite, aluminum and steel\.
Experience using manual and basic CNC
machines including operating surface grinders,
bandsaws, drill presses, and VMC CNC millers is
a plus\.
Experience with layup of multi\-layer composites,
consisting of fiberglass and graphite, with other
materials as required\. Experience with
Composite testing specimens using Sikorsky
Engineering Standard Work\.
Experience with Non destructive test and
inspection techniques
**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**
job\.Qualifications
**Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer\. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status\.**
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours\. Our customers tackle the hardest missions\. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision\. They're dangerous\. Critical\. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives\. Those are the missions we care about\.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges\. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U\.S\., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories\.
**EXPERIENCE LEVEL:**
Hourly/Non\-Exempt
To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires\. All current and newly hired employees are required to follow onsite safety measures based upon the COVID\-19 Community Level at the specific work location\.
**Description:** Experimental Aeromechanics Machinist
support the fabrication, assembly,
calibration, and test of rotorcraft scale models,
and the fabrication, static testing, and
environmental conditioning of composite test
articles\.
Specific responsibilities will include:
Support of all composite material machining
requirements in the Aeromechanics/Engineering
Development Center\. Support manual and
CNC machining of composites and metals\.
Support of mechanical and hydraulic assembly, check\-out, and calibration, during model test operations at the
Stratford Plant and other offsite test facilities, as
the test needs require\.
Primarily plans the layout, fabrication, and testing of mechanical devices; sets up and operates
any type of precision machine tool to make original parts, tools, mechanisms, and
devices for experimental purposes\. May be required to solve problems relative to
work\-holding arrangement, unusual materials, machine settings, tools, product
specifications, and fabrication methods for production process\. Normally performs
precision work to exacting tolerances and dimensions for research engineers in a
developmental laboratory condition\. Some machines may be numerically controlled\.
May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other
control procedures\.
**Basic Qualifications:**
High School diploma
5 to 7 years experience with machine shop operations\.
Minimum 5 years experience with CNC setup\. operations and programming for lathes and milling machines
**Desired Skills:**
Knowledge of Mastercam 3d and Multi\-axis preferred\.
Experience with Hurco 5\-axis operation and programming\.
Experience with manual and automated inspection process\.
Experience with assembly and dis\-assembly of mechanical and systems to technical blue prints or shop drawings\.
Knowledge of composite materials and
processes\.
Familiarity with basic surface machining and
cutting operations of various materials including
Kevlar, fiberglass, graphite, aluminum and steel\.
Experience using manual and basic CNC
machines including operating surface grinders,
bandsaws, drill presses, and VMC CNC millers is
a plus\.
Experience with layup of multi\-layer composites,
consisting of fiberglass and graphite, with other
materials as required\. Experience with
Composite testing specimens using Sikorsky
Engineering Standard Work\.
Experience with Non destructive test and
inspection techniques
**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**
job\.Qualifications
**Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer\. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status\.**
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours\. Our customers tackle the hardest missions\. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision\. They're dangerous\. Critical\. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives\. Those are the missions we care about\.
As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges\. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U\.S\., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories\.
**EXPERIENCE LEVEL:**
Hourly/Non\-Exempt
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024