CNC Machinist

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Department Summary:

Join MITRE as a CNC Machinist in our Hardware Fabrication Facility Lab (FFL).

The FFL is part of the Mechanical & Reliability Systems & Prototype Development Department which provides innovative solutions for electronic prototypes designed for advanced sensing, communication, and navigation systems. Areas of expertise include ground, airborne and shipboard systems. The FFL provides a high quality, cost-effective solution for the greater MITRE community to rapidly field and demonstrate technologies and to solve the mechanical design challenges posed by our Sponsors. The FFL:

• Plays a critical role for customer satisfaction and future business development by fielding and demonstrating new technologies to meet mission needs
• Partners with projects to prioritize needs and schedules with flexibility to provide a range of services from low cost, quick engineering changes to full-scale design and fabrication
• Handles real-time design/engineering changes, installations, and modifications of prototypes
• Develops and fabricate a wide range of diverse and unique solutions
• Provides alternative to having parts fabricated at a contract manufacturer
• Provides low cost, quick turnaround custom prototypes

Roles & Responsibilities:

The Group seeks to hire a talented, creative, and motivated individual who demonstrates familiarity and skill with all the commonly used machine tools. The successful candidate will:

• Work with shop supervisor, engineers, and other shop staff to fabricate and produce quality parts
• Demonstrate flexibility to work from blueprints, specifications, detailed verbal instructions, or detailed sketches
• Demonstrate knowledge and skill to fabricate prototype and short run production of parts from prints and CAD models with the ability to hold to +/- 0.001 tolerances when necessary
• Have knowledge and experience in machining metals, plastics, fiberglass, composites, and wood
• Support the engineering design group and technologists applying leading edge technology to develop electronic systems to solve challenging problems
• Support fielding of systems and associated travel, as needed, to include kitting, set-up, operation, test and tear-down
• Perform additional duties related to shop maintenance and operations including maintaining shop and equipment used in shop processes
• Follow all proper safety guidelines including wearing proper PPE
• Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and display a collaborative approach in working with the fabrication team

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 1 - 2 years of related experience with a High School Diploma or equivalent in education, or equivalent combination of high school courses and related work experience.
• Understanding of machining and conventional fabrication technologies and experience with the programming, set-up, and operation of computer numerical control (CNC) milling machines and lathes
• Ability to set-up and operate manual milling machines and manual lathes
• Knowledge of machinist hand tools like micrometers, calipers, and dial indicators
• Ability to safely operate grinders, shears, sanders, drill presses, horizontal and vertical band saws, table saws, radial arm saws, and all types of electric hand tools
• Knowledge of trigonometry
• Knowledge, proficiency, and experience with Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software
• Ability to operate wire electrical discharge machining (EDM) systems
• Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a US Government Security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or applicants who are eligible for security clearances
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fabrication skills to support high-precision and complex parts using equipment such as 4- and 5-axis milling machines
• Knowledge and proficiency with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and ANSI and ASME drafting standards
• Working knowledge of 3D & 2D CAD (Computer Aided Design) software
• Experience in Mastercam CAD/CAM software
• Experience with HAAS CNC machining centers
• Experience with welding aluminum and steel
• Work experience in a research & development (R&D) or prototype machine shop setting
• Working knowledge of Solidworks PDM, or similar data/configuration management software

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Secret

Work Location Type:
Onsite

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