Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

Provides knowledge of numerical control, machining, and programming inspection machine tools
Performs a variety of qualitative and quantitative analysis of NC programs to ensure validation and compliance to customer and regulatory requirements and specifications
Analyze blueprints, engineering models, and electronic controls to support NC programming
Work with NC programmers to optimize or modify programs as required
Program CMM’s, portable inspection devices and provide verification of NC programs using software and apps
Ability to collaborate in a team environment
Validates fabrication, assembly, or installation manufacturing plans by coordinating with suppliers, engineering, and manufacturing teams
Communicates with cross-functional teams to influence and clarify design concepts
Coordinates change incorporation, optimizes processes, and addresses producibility issues as well as production & post-production problems

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Ability to apply process knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Composite non-metallic, metallic machining, hard metals such as Invar, sheet metal, systems, structures and inspection
3-5 years of professional experience in numerical control (NC) programming of inspection devices and/or experience in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, or familiarization with basic quality principles in an aerospace manufacturing environment
Ability to program multiple inspection machine tools including CMM’s, portable measuring devices, articulation arms and verify programs using software or apps
High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with inspection machine tools and NC Programming software
Knowledge of 5, 6 and 7 axis machines
Frequent interaction with internal personnel in the manufacturing environment and occasionally with inter-organizational personnel and external customers
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and 3D models
Strong skills in Microsoft Office, especially with Excel
Strong knowledge of SAP
CATIA; ENOVIA;; Metrologic; Verisurf; Polyworks
Understanding of the master scheduling requirements
Ability to take a project from start to finish
Willingness to work cross-functionally
Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required, subject to experience in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering or other related course of study a plus but not required.

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.

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Numerical Control Programmer

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