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Outside Machinist

BAE Systems USA and Careers
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/19/2026
Job Description
What’s it like working for an innovative company that takes on some of the world’s most important challenges? Rewarding. We are currently looking for a skilled Inside Machinist to join our Maritime Solutions team. A team player who takes pride in their work and rises to the challenge to deliver products that help protect the lives of those who serve.

We offer competitive salary and benefit packages and opportunities to advance your career. Here, you will enjoy working in an environment that focuses on safety and where you can see visible results in the work you do. Be a part of a team that works together to keep the U.S. Navy fleet mission-ready.

As an Inside Machinist, you will:
  • Operate in 3 sections: Machining, Valves and Pumps
  • Operate milling machines, lathes, drill presses, grinders, flange facers, and overhead cranes
  • Manufacture parts and maintain/repair machinery
  • Repair ship components using more blueprints, sketches and sample parts
  • Produce machine work at an efficient rate with minimal or no defects that are out of tolerance
  • Perform valve assembly, disassembly, inspection and repair
  • Disassemble, clean, inspect, troubleshoot and repair pumps
  • Perform preventative and predictive maintenance on facility machinery

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Able to read, write and comprehend simple instructions
  • Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral or diagram form
  • Able to calculate and understand units of measure, including fractions and decimals
  • Read, understand, and interpret advanced blueprints to preform task required
  • Level 1 Qualified Certification Test
  • Know how to measure using a scale and tape measure
  • Able to wear appropriate protective gear
  • Able to physically perform essential job duties with or without accommodations
  • Able to work at heights, in confined spaces and have the ability to climb staircases and ladders of varying sizes

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • Minimum education: High school diploma/GED
  • Minimum relevant experience: 1 to 2 yrs.
  • Must be able to read, write and comprehend simple instructions
  • Must be able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral or diagram form
  • Must be able to calculate and understand units of measure, including fractions and decimals
  • Must know how to measure using a scale and tape measure
  • Must be able to use specified tools required tools as determined by the shop management
  • Maintain job site cleanliness
  • Able to work at heights (if applicable to trade)
  • Be able to work off scaffolding (if applicable to trade)
  • Able to work with hands
  • Ability to walk, stand, long periods at a time
  • Able to wear the required PPE
  • Basic material identification skill
  • Strong Knowledge of understanding blueprints reading (Excludes labor shop)
  • Assist with troubleshooting and issue resolution as required

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $59800 - $91645

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Platforms & Services
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and naval ship repair…just to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Salary : $59,800 - $91,645

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