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You’ll make parts and test fixtures in our shop, assemble airframe structures and mechanisms, and support ground and flight tests. You’ll report to the Mechanical Engineering Lead.\nYou’ll also work alongside the propulsion, avionics, and aerodynamics teams. The hardware you build will go through testing and fly.\nWhat You’ll Do\nMachine and fabricate\nMachine parts on manual and CNC mills and lathes from engineering drawings.\nFabricate test fixtures, tooling, brackets, and ground support equipment.\nWork quickly with engineers to turn design changes into new parts.\nAssemble hardware\nAssemble airframe structures, mechanisms, and subassemblies following drawings and procedures.\nInstall fasteners, inserts, and bonded joints to specification, including torque values.\nIntegrate hardware from the propulsion and avionics teams into the vehicle.\nInspect and support tests\nInspect in-house and vendor parts using calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and other measuring tools.\nSet up, run, and tear down structural, vibration, and environmental tests.\nSupport static fires and flight tests at test ranges.\nKeep the shop running\nRecord build and inspection results.\nMaintain shop machines, tools, and safety equipment, and keep the shop organized.\nTrack raw material and hardware inventory.\nSuggest better fixtures, tools, and processes to make builds faster and more consistent.\nRequired Qualifications\nTechnical certificate, trade school, or military training in machining or mechanical fabrication, or equivalent experience.\n2+ years of hands-on experience in machining, fabrication, or mechanical assembly.\nExperience running manual or CNC mills and lathes.\nAble to read engineering drawings, including tolerances and GD&T.\nSkilled with precision measuring tools.\nSafe, organized, and careful in your work and records.\nAble to lift up to [50] lbs and work on your feet in a shop environment.\nMust be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual). [Must be eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.]\nNice to Have\nCNC programming and CAM experience (e.g., Fusion 360 or Mastercam).\nExperience with aerospace or defense hardware assembly.\nComposite layup, bonding, or TIG welding experience.\nMilitary maintenance experience or an A&P license.\nExperience supporting structural or environmental tests.\nPrior early-stage startup experience.\nCompensation\nThe base pay range for this role is $90,000 - $130,000 per year.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2584,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Air Defense","Defense AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-18T23:15:13Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.858,"p_room":1,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":130000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wardstone-mechanical-technician","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wardstone-mechanical-technician.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T21:03:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":28338,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3806068},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3806068"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwardstone-mechanical-technician"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwardstone-mechanical-technician"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwardstone-mechanical-technician"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wardstone-mechanical-technician\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwardstone-mechanical-technician"}]}