Composite Technician - Tooling
hace 1 mes
Huntington Beach
Job DescriptionAt Layup Parts, our mission is simple: deliver composite parts faster. We’re a technology-first manufacturing startup that’s transforming how composite parts are made for the aerospace, defense, and motorsports industries. Our customers are developing tomorrow's high-tech products, and we are building technology to accelerate their success. We value initiative, teamwork, and a get-it-done attitude. We’re building a crew of outstanding individuals who take pride in their work, learn from one another, and aren’t afraid to tackle challenges head-on. What You’ll Do: • Composite Tooling & Fabrication:, • Manufacture composite tooling from plugs, masters, and patterns, • Perform wet layup, resin infusion, and prepreg lamination for tooling applications, • Lay up fiberglass, carbon fiber, and other reinforcements using templates, dimensions, or projection systems, • Mix, degas, and apply resins, gel coats, and surface coats as required, • Build and install vacuum bags, perform leak checks, and run assigned cure cycles, • Place and manage consumables including release film, peel ply, breather, thermocouples, and related materials, • Tool Preparation, Finishing & Sealing:, • Prepare and maintain tooling: sand, polish, seal, release, and maintain molds, • Demold tools and parts and perform trimming, sanding, polishing, and surface improvement, • Perform cosmetic refinement to meet surface finish and durability requirements, • Apply tool sealing systems, mold release agents, and surface treatments, • Support tooling repairs, rework, and ongoing maintenance as needed, • Inspection, Quality & Process:, • Inspect tooling surfaces for defects, print-through, porosity, and dimensional issues, • Follow travelers, drawings, and process documentation, • Document material usage, freeze/thaw status, cure data, and production activities in Layup’s internal systems, • Maintain clean, organized workspaces and tooling assets, • Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:, • Work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams, • Provide hands-on feedback to engineering for process and tooling design improvements, • Identify issues early and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives What We’re Looking For:, • Be awesome! Be the kind of person you want to work with!, • Have 3+ years experience as a technician in composites manufacturing, and have an understanding of industry best practices, • Have a high sense of urgency, with a strong attention to detail and a resolve to deliver the highest quality., • Identify and solve problems quickly and communicate issues clearly to leadership and engineering to prevent recurring issues., • Be comfortable to read and interpret layup books, as well as working from process controlling work instructions., • Be proficient in using common measuring and assembly tools such as calipers, scales, tape measures, torque wrenches, hand drills, etc., • Be comfortable learning new methods and technologies, and incorporating them into your workflow., • Ability to lift 50 lbs, stand for long periods and work hands-on in a production setting. Preferred:, • Have experience in aerospace and/or motorsport., • Have experience in multiple aspects of the manufacturing process such as: operating ply cutter, mold finishing and releasing, mold maintenance, lamination, bagging, curing, de-molding, trimming and/or finishing.