About the Role:
The 412th Maintenance Group is looking for a Full-Time Machinist (WG-3414-09T11) to work at the 412 Test Wing, 412 Maintenance Group, 412 Maintenance Squadron, Fabrication Flight / Metals Technology Shop (MXMFM) at Edwards AFB.
To provide a machinist craftsman for the 412th Maintenance Squadron, Fabrication Flight.
Announcement Closes: 21 August 2026.
Location: Edwards, CA (Edwards Air Force Base)
Typical 2026 salary range: $90,012 - $118,959 per year (includes Locality)
Travel Requirements: Up to 25% travel possible.
Areas of Consideration (AOC): Department – wide (DoD)
Desired Skills:
- Must be team player, able and willing to work with both military and civilian personnel.
- Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal.
- 3D Printing experience preferred.
- Willingness to follow work direction from supervisor or training lead.
Major Duties:
- Independently sets up and operates machine shop equipment.
- Provides practical design and engineering services using Computer Assisted Design (CAD), solid modeling, and level 2 (CNC) programming.
- Manufactures holding fixtures and other production aids for fastening work to various machine tools.
- Uses a variety of tools and machines (both powered and non-powered.
- Maintains equipment records and documents maintenance actions.
- Perform duties in a safe manner, utilizing safety practices, procedures, and compliance with established safety rules and regulations.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- U.S. Citizenship
- Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period
- Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest
- This is a designated Drug Testing Position.
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment physical.
- Knowledge of a wide range of aerospace structural fabrication, repair, and metals technologies practices, principles, processes, standards, techniques, and related metal trades procedures.
- Knowledge of a variety of conventional and computer numerical control (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, vertical, and horizontal boring mills, bench, plain, and universal milling machines, internal and external grinders, thread cutters, radial drills, and a variety of machine tool attachments such as rotary vises, magnetic chucks, vertical milling heads, angular drive heads, taper attachments, rotary tables, and others.
- Knowledge of various metals and other materials such as aluminum, brass, bronze, high carbon and alloy steels, chrome, nickel, titanium, nylon, rubber, plastics and Teflon's, and other related work processes on machining operations in completing an assignment.
- Knowledge of safety regulations, practices, and procedures.
***Resumes limited to two pages. Federal agencies now only accept resumes up to two pages in length.*** Learn more about the new resume requirements at https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include
Please send resumes to:
POC Names & Emails: Jonathan M. Schultz, jonathan.schultz@us.af.mil.
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