ARA’s Applied Electromagnetics Division in Lafayette, CO seeks a seasoned Metals & Composites Fabricator. This position is an excellent opportunity for an experienced hands on, technician to fabricate unique parts for highly advanced RF hardware including antennas and support equipment. This is a manufacturing position where the candidate will build various parts through machining, forming, molding, soldering, welding, coating, and assembly processes to support hardware development and production activities as required. Our products employ metals, plastics, and woven fabric/epoxy resin materials as well as populated, bonded, and integrated printed circuit boards. A candidate experienced in the fabrication of aerospace/defense hardware and a wide range of touch labor processes with an eye for detail and craftsmanship is needed.

Salary Range for this position is $35-$45/hour, dependent upon experience and security level.

What you’ll do as a Metals & Composites Fabricator:

Fabricate an assortment of different housings, enclosures, covers, structures, fairings, molds, circuits, wiring/cables, and ventilation using manual metal working, welding, soldering, and/or epoxy/carbon/glass layups tools and equipment. Provide important insight to assist engineers with the design and fabrication of unique, cost-effective, high-quality, high-volume parts.

Requirements for a Metals & Composites Fabricator:

Extensive knowledge of materials, processes, tools, and equipment employed by a machine shop, composites layup lab, and circuit soldering station. Mechanically inclined and hands on craftsman with an eye for detail and patience to perform skilled repetitive work. Must have, or be able to obtain, a DoD secret level security clearance.

Preferences for a Metals & Composites Fabricator:

Associates degree in a technology or science related to materials or manufacturing. Soldering certifications:  J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620 a PLUS Knowledge of ESD practices and tools for active devices and equipment a PLUS Direct antennas, radomes, circuits, and/or RF/EM materials experience a PLUS 20+ years of demonstrated hardware fabrication experience 20+ years of experience in the aerospace/defense or related industry with a portfolio of successfully fabricated hardware.

Company & Division Information

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,000 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns’ greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.

Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Mechanical Materials and Process Engineer position, Requisition # FABRI007979.