Measure What Matters – Build Precision into Flight as a Dimension Control Technician

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a premier aviation and aerospace leader to hire a skilled Dimension Control Technician in Palmdale, CA. If you’re passionate about precision, tooling, and building complex systems to exact tolerances, this is your opportunity to play a critical role in shaping the future of aerospace manufacturing.

About the Role

As a Dimension Control Technician, you will ensure the accuracy and integrity of tooling and assemblies that are essential to aircraft production. Your work directly impacts quality, safety, and performance—helping deliver reliable, high-performance aircraft. This is a hands-on, highly technical role where precision and craftsmanship are key.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will:

• Lay out, fabricate, and assemble complex jigs, fixtures, and tooling systems with tight tolerances
  
• Interpret tool design drawings—or create your own—to plan work methods and sequences
  
• Work with compound angles and intricate contours to ensure alignment across multiple planes
  
• Set up and operate optical instruments to verify alignment, fit, and adjustments
  
• Design and develop holding devices, jigs, and fixture components
  
• Create shop drawings and operational plans for fabrication and assembly teams
  
• Monitor product quality using statistical process controls and other inspection methods
  
• Collaborate with engineering and production teams to ensure tooling meets design and manufacturing requirements
  

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Experience working with tooling, jigs, fixtures, and precision measurement systems
  
• Ability to interpret and work from technical drawings and specifications
  
• Strong understanding of alignment, measurement, and tolerance control
  
• Experience operating optical measurement instruments
  
• Proven ability to plan work, determine methods, and execute independently
  
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in aerospace tooling or manufacturing environments
  
• Experience with complex contours, compound angles, and multi-plane alignment
  
• Familiarity with statistical process control (SPC) or quality verification processes
  
• Ability to design tooling components and improve existing processes
  

Why Join Us

At PDS Tech Commercial, you’ll work on cutting-edge aerospace programs with a company known for innovation and excellence.

Here’s what makes this opportunity stand out:

• Competitive pay at $43.01 per hour
  
• 4x10 schedule (Monday–Thursday, First Shift) – enjoy long weekends every week
  
• 6-month consultant role with strong potential for conversion to full-time employment
  
• Per diem offered based on GSA rates, managed through Concur
  
• Work alongside industry experts on advanced aerospace tooling and production systems
  
• Be part of a culture built on precision, collaboration, and continuous improvement
  

Your Impact Starts Here

This role is critical to ensuring aircraft are built with the highest level of precision. Your expertise in dimension control will help maintain quality standards and support the successful production of advanced aerospace systems.

Apply Today

If you’re ready to bring your skills to a role where precision meets innovation, we want to hear from you.

Apply now and help build the future of aerospace—one exact measurement at a time.



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