Aircraft Jig & Fixture Builder jobs in United States
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Lockheed Martin · 18 hours ago

Aircraft Jig & Fixture Builder

Lockheed Martin is a leading aerospace manufacturer, and they are seeking an Aircraft Jig & Fixture Builder to join their team. The role involves planning, fabricating, and constructing jigs and fixtures for aircraft parts and assemblies, ensuring precision and adherence to design specifications.

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Responsibilities

Working from tool design drawings, part and assembly blueprints, loft data, sketches, sample parts, and other reference data as may be provided by a computerized theodolite system
Suggesting changes in design involving practicability, economy, and process of manufacture to proper personnel
Making determinations regarding fabrication and design of detail parts such as fittings, stops, locating pins, and mechanical operation of jigs and submitting them for approval to proper personnel
Laying out jig and fixture parts for subsequent machining operations
Setting up on surface table or tooling docks such jigs and fixtures as master inspection gauges, involving complex contours, compound angles, and requiring the coordination of drill holes and location of critical points to all reference lines

Qualification

JigFixture buildingBlueprint interpretationMachine shop theoryShop mathematicsProblem-solving skills

Required

Highly skilled and experienced jig and fixture builder
Strong knowledge of machine shop theory and practice
Strong knowledge of jig and fixture building
Excellent problem-solving skills
Ability to read and interpret complex blueprints
Ability to use shop mathematics including trigonometry
Must be a U.S. citizen

Benefits

Flexible scheduling options
Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package

Company

Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.06B
Key Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M

Leadership Team

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Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
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Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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