| Location | Palmdale, CA |
JOB DESCRIPTION
Dimension Control Technician 3
Company: Northrop Grumman
Job ID: 2165
Location: Palmdale, California
Department: Tooling
Work Arrangement: On-site
Maximum Pay Rate: $42.50 per hour
Position Overview
Northrop Grumman is seeking a qualified Dimension Control Technician 3 to support its Tooling Department in Palmdale, California. The successful candidate will perform dimensional layouts, tooling fabrication and assembly, precision measurements, and inspection activities to ensure tooling, fixtures, gauges, and assemblies meet engineering specifications and exacting tolerances.
This position requires experience interpreting engineering drawings, applying Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), operating precision measuring equipment, and supporting manufacturing quality requirements in a technical shop environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lay out, fabricate, and assemble standard and nonstandard jigs, fixtures, tool masters, master tooling gauges, and related tooling.
Work with compound angles, complex contours, and precise tooling holes and reference points across multiple planes.
Plan work activities and determine methods and sequences of operations using tooling design drawings or independently developed designs.
Set up and operate optical instruments to verify overall and detailed alignment, fit, and adjustment of assemblies.
Develop and design holding devices, jigs, fixtures, and tooling details.
Prepare operational sequences and shop drawings for parts fabrication and assembly performed by other personnel.
Perform dimensional layouts, measurements, inspections, and verification of parts, tools, assemblies, and fixtures.
Interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, GD&T requirements, datum structures, and work instructions.
Use precision measuring equipment, including calipers, micrometers, height gauges, dial indicators, and other inspection instruments.
Document inspection results accurately and maintain required quality records.
Identify dimensional discrepancies and nonconformances and communicate findings to manufacturing, tooling, quality, and engineering teams.
Support root cause analysis and corrective actions related to dimensional issues.
Monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process control or other applicable quality procedures.
Coordinate with fabrication, machining, assembly, quality, and engineering teams to meet production schedules.
Follow established safety procedures when handling tools, equipment, and hardware in the manufacturing environment.
Basic Qualifications
High school diploma or GED.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in dimensional inspection, metrology, tooling, manufacturing, or a related technical environment.
Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, blueprints, GD&T, and work instructions.
Ability to operate precision measuring equipment, including calipers, micrometers, height gauges, dial indicators, and related inspection tools.
Experience performing dimensional layouts, measurements, checks, and verification of parts, tooling, assemblies, or fixtures.
Working knowledge of geometric tolerancing, datum structures, and dimensional relationships.
Ability to document inspection results clearly and accurately.
Experience identifying dimensional nonconformances and communicating issues to manufacturing, tooling, quality, or engineering teams.
Ability to support root cause analysis and corrective action activities related to dimensional discrepancies.
Ability to work from written and verbal instructions with limited supervision.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks in a production-driven manufacturing environment.
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including fabrication, machining, assembly, quality, and engineering.
Ability to safely handle tools, equipment, and hardware in a shop or manufacturing environment.
Ability to obtain and maintain required certifications or internal qualifications, as applicable.
Required Skills
Dimensional inspection and metrology
Precision measurement and inspection equipment
Engineering drawings and blueprint interpretation
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
Dimensional layout and verification
Tooling, jigs, fixtures, and gauges
Datum structures and dimensional relationships
Quality documentation and nonconformance identification
Root cause analysis and corrective action support
Manufacturing and cross-functional collaboration
Work Environment
On-site work in a tooling and manufacturing environment in Palmdale, California.
Hands-on work involving tooling, fixtures, precision instruments, and manufacturing hardware.
Collaboration with manufacturing, machining, fabrication, assembly, quality, and engineering personnel.
Compliance with applicable safety procedures, quality standards, and production requirements.
Compensation
Maximum Pay Rate: $42.50 per hour
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented dimensional control or metrology technician with at least three years of relevant technical experience, strong GD&T knowledge, proficiency with precision measurement tools, and the ability to verify complex tooling and assemblies against engineering specifications. Candidates with hands-on experience in aerospace or other precision manufacturing environments may be particularly relevant, although aerospace experience is not explicitly listed as a requirement in the supplied qualifications.