Aircraft Structures & Low Observable Technician

PGS Worldwide is seeking an Aircraft Structures & Low Observable Technician at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida for a 5-month onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will support aircraft structural repair, modification, and Low Observable (LO) restoration activities on advanced fighter aircraft. The technician will perform precision sheet-metal fabrication, structural assembly, bonding, coating-related work, and repairs while working from engineering drawings and technical documentation.

Required Skills

• 4+ years of experience with Low Observable coatings or high-gloss aircraft paint systems.
• Experience performing aircraft structural fabrication, assembly, or repair.
• Experience supporting fighter aircraft.
• Flight-line maintenance experience.
• Experience with Low Observable coating application and restoration.
• Ability to read and interpret aircraft engineering drawings, technical manuals, structural repair manuals, and technical orders.
• Ability to identify aircraft locations using station, butt-line, and waterline references.
• Experience using precision measuring equipment including micrometers, calipers, tape measures, and standard scales.
• Experience using aircraft fabrication tools such as drills, angle motors, shears, drill presses, and pneumatic riveters.
• Experience fabricating aircraft structural parts such as shims, splices, gussets, angles, brackets, doublers, stiffeners, and patches.
• Knowledge of aircraft bonding practices, materials, procedures, and repair techniques.
• Experience with Low Observable or aircraft coating systems.
• 5th-generation fighter aircraft sheet-metal and/or Low Observable experience and training.
• USAF 5- or 7-skill level, applicable Navy NEC or Marine MOS qualification, FAA Airframe & Powerplant certification, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Ability to maintain a clean, safe, FOD-free work environment.
• Ability to wear a full-face respirator, Tyvek suit, gloves, and other required PPE during daily work activities.

Preferred Skills

• F-22 experience.
• F-35 experience.
• Previous Low Observable coating application training.
• Composite-material experience.
• Experience with aircraft paint systems and paint-process techniques.
• Experience interpreting aircraft paint drawings and stencil requirements.
• Knowledge of paint mixing ratios, viscosity requirements, and identification of unacceptable coating applications.

What You’ll Do

• Perform Low Observable restoration and aircraft modification activities.
• Fabricate, fit, assemble, install, and repair aircraft structural components.
• Perform trimming, filing, drilling, riveting, reforming, fitting, and deburring operations.
• Fabricate shims, brackets, plates, doublers, patches, and other structural details.
• Perform aircraft bonding operations where tooling, processes, or established sequences may require technician judgment.
• Lay out and locate parts and materials to maintain critical contours, dimensions, and edge-distance requirements.
• Inspect installed materials for compliance with technical specifications.
• Determine material and labor requirements for structural and bonding repairs.
• Remove, correct, and reinstall aircraft components affected by repair or modification changes.
• Set up and operate material testers, mixers, and related equipment.
• Develop or improvise shop aids to support fabrication and assembly.
• Record repair data and procedural information for future use.
• Maintain strict FOD, safety, material-handling, and PPE requirements.

Pay

• $20.79–$35.69 per hour.

Job ID: 22836

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.