Composites Technician (Aerospace)

Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States; on-site

Salary: $22–$38 per hour

Company

Manufacturing technology company developing proprietary software, automation, and advanced manufacturing systems for faster production in aerospace, defense, robotics, and related industries.

What you will do

• Prepare, seal, release, wax, and maintain composite molds.
• Laminate composite parts using ply placement, templates, projection systems, release film, peel ply, breathers, and thermocouples.
• Build and install vacuum bags, identify and seal leaks, and perform vacuum leak-down testing.
• Demold, trim, bond, and prepare assemblies and bond lines.
• Provide DFM feedback to engineering to improve manufacturing processes.
• Document material usage, freeze/thaw status, cure cycles, and other production activities in internal systems.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a technician in prepreg composites manufacturing.
• Knowledge of composite manufacturing practices including intensifiers or caul plates, adhesive films, core splicing, hard points, ply drops, and debulking.
• Ability to read and interpret layup books and process-control work instructions.
• Proficiency with calipers, scales, tape measures, torque wrenches, hand drills, and other common measuring and assembly tools.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving ability, communication skills, and commitment to quality.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds, stand for extended periods, and work hands-on in an on-site production environment.

Nice to have

• Aerospace or motorsport manufacturing experience.
• Experience with both autoclave and out-of-autoclave manufacturing.
• Experience across ply cutting, mold finishing and release, mold maintenance, lamination, bagging, curing, demolding, trimming, and finishing.
• Experience with VARTM, compression or hot-press molding, trapped rubber molding, or wet layup.
• Flexibility to work extended hours or weekends when required by customer timelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative production environment focused on delivering quality parts on time.
• Opportunity to learn and apply new manufacturing methods and technologies.
• Work with advanced manufacturing systems supporting aerospace, defense, and robotics applications.
• Artificial intelligence tools may support parts of the hiring process, while final decisions are made by humans.