Composite Manufacturing Technician
- Full-time
Company Description
Dauntless Racing is a leading manufacturer of high-tech automotive, racing, and aerospace composites products. We manufacture the Stohr WF1 and F1000 race cars which have won 12 US National Championships, and deliver full-service OEM composite engineering, from CAD design and analysis, to CNC-machined pattern and mold making, to production composite part manufacturing. Our production facilities are in Northern California. Visit our website to learn more about the company: www.dauntlessracing.com
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced composite manufacturing technician to help us build composite parts and shape our manufacturing practices. Candidates will work closely with our R&D team, and will perform a wide variety of hands-on composite fabrication and assembly tasks in a fast-paced R&D and production environment.
We're a small company and this position is responsible for a wide variety of composite manufacturing tasks including tooling fabrication, tool preparation for lay-up, hand lay-up of dry and pre-preg composite materials using a variety of techniques and processes, resin infusion, vacuum bagging, precision trimming, fixturing and bonding, and general assembly.
Qualifications
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent experience
- Minimum of three years composites lay-up, bonding, and assembly experience
- Able to read and interpret composite engineering drawings and ply schedules including notes and tolerances
- Strong craftsmanship skills and experience with various types of hand tools and hand-held power tools
- Broad experience with a wide variety of epoxy and ester resin systems, pre-preg materials, woven and unidirectional carbon fiber, kevlar, fiberglass, structural adhesives, syntactic fillers, tooling boards, honeycomb, and foam core.
- Composite bonding experience with a variety of adhesive systems; good understanding of the bonding process and surface preparation
- Extreme attention to detail and continual pursuit of perfection
- Excellent listening and communication skills
- Excellent organization and problem solving skills
- Strong team player
Desired skills
- Substantial infusion experience
- Out of autoclave pre-preg processing experience
- Bladder or compression molding lay-up experience
- Autoclave / oven operating experience including software setup and recipe creation / editing
- Experience with ply-cutting equipment
- Significant tooling experience
Other traits
- Entrepreneurial attitude and results focused - more start-up, less big aerospace / corporation
- Self-motivated, positive thinker
- Ability to grasp issues in a dynamic environment and organize activities to quickly achieve desired outcomes
- Passionate about performance, racing, and aerospace
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.