About the 2A7X1 AFSC
Machines, welds, heat-treats, and fabricates precision parts, tools, and assemblies for aircraft and support equipment. Operates manual and CNC mills and lathes, writes CNC programs with CAD-CAM, uses additive manufacturing, calculates cutting speeds and welding settings, designs gauges, dies, and fixtures, and checks finished parts against drawings. Senior members advise on machining and welding problems.
Transferable skills
- Machining
- Welding
- Fabrication
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Sheet Metal
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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20 jobs match 2A7X1 Aircraft Metals Technology
Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.
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Machine Operator
Piper Aircraft · Vero Beach, FL
Strong Match
Machine operator on Piper Aircraft's Vero Beach, Florida production floor, hired at three levels. Forms and machines aircraft parts on brake presses, shears, punch presses, laser turrets, tube benders, lathes, and mills from Piper drawings and process specs, performs first-article and self inspections, and handles routine machine upkeep under FAA quality rules.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, fabrication, and manufacturing.
Shares 7 of your 8 skills:
- Machining
- Fabrication
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Sheet Metal
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On irecruit-us.com · Added Sep 25
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Forming Fabricator
LMI Aerospace · St. Charles, MO
Strong Match
Second-shift sheet metal forming fabricator at Sonaca North America (formerly LMI Aerospace) in St. Charles, Missouri, working four ten-hour nights. Sets up and runs shears, saws, and forming equipment from planning and engineering data, checks first parts with gauges, mylars, and calipers, inspects every part, does minor machine upkeep, and records counts and nonconformances. High school diploma preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Shares 6 of your 8 skills:
- Fabrication
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Sheet Metal
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Sep 25
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TIG Welder
NMG Aerospace · Stow, OH
Strong Match
TIG welder at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio. Welds stainless, aluminum, and titanium pressure tanks and structural parts to print, torch-brazes joints, installs hardware, and checks welds and dimensions with gauges. Also runs shears, press brakes, and plasma cutters. Needs three to five years of TIG welding, blueprint reading, and passing company-supplied MIL-STD-1595 or AWS D17.1 testing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to welding, fabrication, and technical drawings.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
- Welding
- Fabrication
- Technical Drawings
- Sheet Metal
- Inspection
- Requires: MIL-STD-1595 / AWS D17.1 weld certification (company-supplied test)
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On recruiting.ultipro.com · Added Sep 29
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CNC Mill Machinist (1st Shift)
Primus Aerospace · Lakewood, CO
Strong Match
CNC mill machinist at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, on a four-day first shift, hired as Machinist I, II, or setup machinist by experience. Runs mills from work orders, reads GD&T prints, sets up vises and work coordinates, checks dimensions with calipers and micrometers, meets cycle times, and completes job paperwork. $22 to $42 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
- Machining
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On primusaero.bamboohr.com · Added Oct 1
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Sheet Metal Fabricator
Lockheed Martin · Grand Prairie, TX
Strong Match
Sheet metal fabricator and assembler laying out, fabricating, riveting, drilling, and assembling semi-complex missile parts and fixtures using brakes, rolls, routers, and hand tools.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
- Fabrication
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Sheet Metal
- Equipment Operation
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On lockheedmartin.eightfold.ai · Added Sep 24
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Welder
Essex Industries · St. Louis, MO
Strong Match
Production welder at Essex Industries in St. Louis, which builds aircraft components and oxygen and breathing equipment. TIG and MIG welds and finishes many metals and alloys for parts that must meet strength and pressure specs, works from blueprints and sketches, inspects finished welds, and completes paperwork. Needs one to three years of technical training and a year of welding.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to welding, fabrication, and manufacturing.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
- Welding
- Fabrication
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Inspection
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On essexind.rec.pro.ukg.net · Added Sep 25
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Precision Grinder
Héroux-Devtek · Livonia, MI
Strong Match
Precision grinder at Beaver Aerospace & Defense in Livonia, Michigan. Sets up grinding machines from blueprints, picks and mounts wheels, grinds inside and outside diameters and faces to tolerances as tight as fifty millionths of an inch, checks parts with micrometers and gauges, adjusts or stops machines when problems appear, and does routine upkeep. Pays $27.16 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
- Machining
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On recruiting.ultipro.ca · Added Sep 29
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Welder
Lockheed Martin · Owego, NY
Strong Match
Production welder building aerospace parts and assemblies from aluminum, titanium, and other alloys with manual and robotic welding processes. Inspects welds, keeps traceability records, and helps train new welders to aerospace quality standards.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to welding, fabrication, and manufacturing.
Shares 6 of your 8 skills:
- Welding
- Fabrication
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On lockheedmartin.eightfold.ai · Added Sep 24
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CNC Machinist
NMG Aerospace · Stow, OH
Good Match
CNC machinist at NMG Aerospace in Stow, Ohio. Sets up tooling and fixtures on CNC lathes and mills, proves out first parts to the blueprint, runs production, inspects parts in process, and records SPC data and ERP transactions. Needs four to seven years of CNC machining in a regulated industry and a high school diploma; apprenticeship or journeyman card preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
- Machining
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On recruiting.ultipro.com · Added Sep 25
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CNC Machinist
AeroTEC · Moses Lake, WA
Good Match
Contract CNC machinist at AeroTEC's flight test center in Moses Lake, Washington. Programs in G-code, sets up, and runs CNC mills to make tooling, test models, and parts for flight test programs, assembles aircraft parts, and welds shop fixtures. Needs a high school diploma, five years operating 3-, 4-, and 5-axis mills, and three years of CNC programming.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, welding, and fabrication.
Shares 5 of your 8 skills:
- Machining
- Welding
- Fabrication
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
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On paycomonline.net · Added Sep 25
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Sheet Metal Assembler
LMI Aerospace · Cottonwood Falls, KS
Good Match
Sheet metal assembler at Sonaca North America in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Reads blueprints, work orders, and engineering orders to plan the build, loads aluminum parts into fixtures, drills, reams, countersinks, and rivets, installs nutplates and studs, bonds parts, smooths and deburrs surfaces, and reworks rejected parts. Aircraft or sheet metal experience preferred; high school diploma or assessment.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, technical drawings, and sheet metal.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Sheet Metal
- Inspection
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On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Sep 29
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Production Machinist
LMI Aerospace · Fredonia, KS
Good Match
Production machinist at Sonaca North America in Fredonia, Kansas. Loads and cycles CNC machining centers and manual machines, watches for worn or broken cutting tools, checks parts against blueprint dimensions with calipers and micrometers, deburrs finished parts, keeps fluids topped and chips cleared, and fills out production paperwork. Entry path: high school diploma or assessment; machining trade school preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, technical drawings, and equipment operation.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Machining
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Sep 29
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Welder
Moog · Buffalo, NY
Potential Match
Senior welder operating electron beam, orbital, and TIG welding equipment on precision space and defense components; sets up and maintains welders, inspects welds under microscope, leads the work cell, and trains technicians.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to welding, manufacturing, and equipment operation.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Welding
- Manufacturing
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On moog.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Sep 24
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Composite Fabricator
Lockheed Martin · Fort Worth, TX
Potential Match
Composite fabricator hand-laying fiberglass and graphite prepreg into complex aircraft structures, guided by laser ply projection and digital work instructions, and preparing laminates for autoclave curing.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to fabrication, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Fabrication
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
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On lockheedmartin.eightfold.ai · Added Sep 24
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Wire Harness Assembler
Innovative Solutions & Support · Exton, PA
Potential Match
Wire harness assembler at Innovative Aerosystems' avionics plant in Exton, Pennsylvania. Builds harnesses and cable assemblies from drawings, schematics, and bills of material, stripping, crimping, routing, terminating, and lacing wire to IPC/WHMA-A-620, runs automated assembly equipment, inspects finished work, and records production data. High school diploma required; harness or electronics assembly experience and IPC certification preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, technical drawings, and equipment operation.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On recruiting.paylocity.com · Added Sep 25
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Machinist
GKN Aerospace · Wellington, KS
Potential Match
Third-shift machinist at GKN Aerospace in Wellington, Kansas, trained on the job toward certification. Machines metal and composite aircraft parts to work instructions and blueprints, checks them with precision gages, reports safety and quality problems, and contributes lean improvement ideas. Needs a high school diploma or three years of manufacturing, a year of machining, and U.S. person status.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to machining, manufacturing, and technical drawings.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Machining
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Inspection
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On joinus.gknaerospace.com · Added Sep 25
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Sheet Metal Assembler (Paint Touch-Up)
LMI Aerospace · Washington, MO
Potential Match
Sheet metal assembler and paint touch-up worker at Sonaca North America in Washington, Missouri. Reads blueprints and work orders to plan each build, loads aluminum parts into fixtures, drills, reams, countersinks, and rivets, installs studs and nutplates, bonds parts, smooths and deburrs edges, inspects work, applies touch-up paint, and reworks rejected parts. Aircraft or sheet metal experience preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, technical drawings, and sheet metal.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Sheet Metal
- Inspection
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On sonaca.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com · Added Oct 1
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Electro-Mechanical Assembly Technician
Primus Aerospace · Lakewood, CO
Potential Match
Entry-level electro-mechanical assembly technician at Primus Aerospace in Lakewood, Colorado, a machining and assembly supplier to defense and space primes. Assembles and solders components from drawings and bills of material, deburrs, grinds, polishes, and tumbles machined parts, inspects finished work, and records production data. Needs hand soldering skills and IPC J-STD-001 or willingness to certify. $24 to $28 an hour.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, technical drawings, and equipment operation.
Shares 4 of your 8 skills:
- Manufacturing
- Technical Drawings
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On primusaero.bamboohr.com · Added Sep 25
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Aerospace Painter
Primus Aerospace · Reisterstown, MD
Potential Match
Second-shift aerospace painter at Primus Aerospace in Reisterstown, Maryland, working Monday-Thursday evenings. Cleans, sands, and masks machined parts, mixes and sprays primers, coatings, and topcoats to specification, inspects coverage and finish, and maintains spray equipment, wearing respirators and other PPE. Entry level; industrial, automotive, or aerospace painting experience preferred. U.S. citizenship required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, equipment operation, and inspection.
Shares 3 of your 8 skills:
- Manufacturing
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On primusaero.bamboohr.com · Added Sep 25
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Powder Coater
Innovative Solutions & Support · Exton, PA
Potential Match
Powder coater at Innovative Aerosystems in Exton, Pennsylvania, finishing precision parts for avionics. Cleans, sands, and masks parts, sprays powder coatings with electrostatic guns, runs the curing ovens, inspects finishes for even coverage, and maintains booths and spray equipment under PPE rules. High school diploma; two years of powder coating or automotive or industrial finishing preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to manufacturing, equipment operation, and inspection.
Shares 3 of your 8 skills:
- Manufacturing
- Equipment Operation
- Inspection
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On recruiting.paylocity.com · Added Sep 29