Location
Long Beach or Torrance, California, United States; onsite manufacturing environment.
Salary
$36–$50 USD per hour.
Company
Industrial engineering and manufacturing company producing advanced systems and production-ready solutions for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.
What you will do
•Set up and operate vertical-spindle and Blanchard-style rotary surface grinders.
•Review engineering drawings, GD&T, work instructions, manufacturing plans, and inspection requirements.
•Develop grinding strategies and select wheels, abrasives, feeds, speeds, depths of cut, and coolant conditions.
•Perform rough and finish grinding while controlling flatness, parallelism, thickness, dimensional accuracy, and surface finish.
•Conduct in-process and final inspections using micrometers, height gauges, indicators, gauge blocks, surface plates, and calipers.
•Support process development, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
•High school diploma, GED, technical certification, or equivalent manufacturing experience.
•Hands-on experience setting up and operating surface grinding equipment.
•Strong knowledge of precision grinding, abrasive machining, engineering drawings, GD&T, and shop mathematics.
•Ability to use precision measuring equipment and hold tolerances of ±0.0005 inch or tighter.
•Ability to troubleshoot grinding and manufacturing-process problems.
•Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to US export controls.
Nice to have
•Experience with Blanchard, Mattison, DCM, manual, or CNC grinding equipment.
•Experience machining aerospace-grade materials and producing tolerances of ±0.0002 inch or tighter.
•Knowledge of grinding-wheel composition, dressing, wear, surface-finish measurement, and Ra requirements.
•Experience with AS9100, ISO 9001, first-article inspection, ERP/MES systems, Lean manufacturing, 5S, or root-cause analysis.
Culture & Benefits
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and a year-end shutdown.
•Paid parental leave and comprehensive HMO or Premium PPO health benefits.
•Company-sponsored life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
•Equity plan, discretionary results-based incentive opportunities, and learning and development reimbursement.
•Collaborative, fast-paced, mission-driven manufacturing environment with a focus on innovation and reducing industrial impact.
•Work requires extended standing, safe handling of equipment and parts up to 50 pounds, PPE, and compliance with machine and facility safety requirements.
