
Tool Fabricator I
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
Columbus, MSJob$45–92K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Aurora Flight Sciences is seeking a Tool Fabricator I to support aerospace manufacturing by setting up, maintaining, fabricating, and inspecting precision tools and fixtures. The role works with engineering, production, and tooling teams to ensure tools meet functional and quality requirements. Training and guidance will be provided. The position works onsite daily in Columbus, Mississippi.
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Tool Fabricator I
Job Code 4070
Assigned Aurora Location Columbus, MS
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Tool Fabricator I
Position Overview
At Aurora Flight Sciences, we design, build, and fly advanced aircraft and enabling technologies from concept to reality. We are searching for a talented and self-motivated Tool Fabricator I to help us create the future of flight. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
Responsibilities
As an Tool Fabricator I, you will play a critical role in supporting the aerospace manufacturing process at Aurora Flight Sciences. Your primary responsibilities will involve the setup, maintenance, fabrication, and inspection of precision tools and fixtures required for the assembly of aerospace parts and products. You will work closely with engineering, production, and tooling team to ensure tools meet functional and quality requirements. Training and guidance will be provided to ensure success in the role.
Position Responsibilities:
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Perform required tool set up, maintenance, inspection and modifications
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Works under supervision with limited understanding of the job
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Follow detailed verbal or written instructions to make minor repairs
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Follow established processes and standards to ensure tools meet production requirements and quality parameters
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Work within the Tool Fabrication team to manufacture and assemble tools used for company programs
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Operates various factory support equipment to move materials and tools as required
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Work with Tool Design engineers to resolve problems with tooling to produce acceptable parts and assemblies
Minimum Requirements
- Education/experience typically acquired through basic education (e.g. High School diploma/GED) and typically 1 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent
combination of education and experience (e.g. vocational school/Associate).
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Basic computer skills- including but not limited to Microsoft Office Applications.
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Must have the ability to work from tool drawings, sketches and verbal instructions.
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Must be a US Citizen.
Preferred Requirements
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Vocational certificate or associate degree in machining, fabrication, or mechanical engineering.
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Experience programming CNC machines.
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Experience running CNC machines.
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Experience with inspection metrology.
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Welding experience.
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Fork Lift experience.
Physical Requirements
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Ability to work in a manufacturing environment and wear proper PPE.
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Follow Boeing regulations for lifting; consistently stand, stoop, crawl, bend, crouch, climb, and kneel.
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Work in adverse conditions and traverse between buildings.
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Work onsite daily in Columbus, MS.
Salary Range (Annualized USD)
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Minimum Range: $45,000.00 to $79,000.00
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Maximum Range: $52,000.00 to $92,000.00
Aurora Company Overview Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, is a leader in the development and manufacturing of advanced unmanned systems and aerospace vehicles. Our mission is to apply autonomy and robotics to the development, production, and operation of advanced aircraft. During the last three decades, Aurora has designed, rapid-prototyped, and flown an average of one new vehicle a year for both government and commercial customers. Now, as an independent subsidiary of Boeing, Aurora’s innovation is combined with Boeing’s size and strength, creating an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future of aerospace systems.
Equal Opportunity Employer Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Aurora Total Rewards At Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities. Aurora Flight Sciences provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work. The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location and date of hire. Please note that the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,424 open Manufacturing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$45–92K/yr
- US median$102–167K/yr1,060 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $69K, is 50% below the US median midpoint ($137K) — in the lowest quarter of Manufacturing salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 46 open Manufacturing jobs in Mississippi and 3,424 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Mississippi
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Manufacturing postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 1,888 postings).
- Education
- 855 of the 3,424 open Manufacturing jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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