Role: CNC Machinist

Location: San Diego, CA

Salary: $75,000 - $120,000 / yr + stock options, 401k matching, and other benefits.

Role Overview:

We’re looking for a skilled machinist to help accelerate our vehicle production and R&D processes. In this role, you will work alongside fast-moving design engineers and builders to bring drawings or whiteboard sketches into the real world. Your primary role will be running shop machinery to create tools, jigs, and parts to accelerate manufacturing timelines and keep production moving forward. You are a proactive and self-motivated individual who thrives in busy environments. You have proven experience in a machine shop environment and you’re skilled using CAM software, CNC and manual machines, hand tools and power tools. You like to get things done and are willing to tinker on projects that come up from time to time outside of your usual daily tasks.

Role Details:

Specific daily tasks will include:

• Machine composite parts rapidly to keep up with production flow
• Building and assisting in the design of fixtures, tooling, jigs, etc.
• Running the following machinery in an efficient, high-quality, and safe manner:
  • Large-bed ShopBot CNC router table
  • Jet manual mill
  • OMTech CO2 laser cutter
  • Bambu Lab and Prusa i3 MK3 3D printers
  • Manual lathe that’s older than the internet but still works great
  • Genmitsu mini router table
  • Axiom router table
• Prototyping new parts with fast turnarounds
• Searching for speed and process refinements to increase production efficiency
• Assembling and conducting QA on incoming parts from external suppliers

We know this job post covers a lot, so feel free to apply even if you don’t fit every one of these criteria. This is an excellent opportunity to do high impact work, see your designs go into live field applications, and join a fun and hard-working team on the cutting edge of ocean autonomy.

About You:

Key skills and desired traits are:

• 3+ years of machining and fabrication experience
• Experience machining composites
• Ability to machine accurately, but strong preference for moving fast rather than reaching ultra-high tolerances
• The ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics
• Experience with CAM software (Fusion360 or similar, required)
• Experience with part trimming and trim fixture design
• Experience prototyping with small (3 - 25 people) engineering teams
• Communication skills – with vendors and internal team
• Attention to detail – checking clearances and tolerances, creating drawings for suppliers, etc.
• Organization and prioritization skills to manage multiple tasks.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

About Seasats:

At Seasats, we're passionate about delivering maritime robotics solutions to redefine the maritime industry. Our primary products are autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), designed to carry sensors at sea for months at a time. Our ASVs provide persistent monitoring and data acquisition to defense, scientific, and commercial customers, and have autonomously crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. After thousands of years in which the only way to gather information from the ocean was to put people on a boat, these uncrewed vessels are transforming how humanity monitors and interacts with the ocean. Here, you’ll find the space and opportunity to do your life’s best work.

Along with your salary, you’ll receive perks including:

• Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
• 401k matching up to 4% of salary
• Four free lunches per week
• An employee activity fund
• A pet-friendly office
• Unlimited/Flex PTO

Hiring Notes:

When applying, you’ll be asked to provide a resume and answer a few screening questions.

Please note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.

We appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds. Seasats provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.

We look forward to reviewing your application!