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Milling Machine Machinist

DP Professionals (DPP)
Palmdale, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/18/2026

DPP is seeking a Milling Machine Machinist for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing industry.



Work location: Fully onsite in Palmdale, CA

Duration: 12 months

Work schedule: 4x10 (Monday – Thursday)

Term: W2 position

Work authorization: US Citizen



The Milling Machine Machinist will support the tooling department. We are looking for candidates who can perform their own setups and determine sequence of operations. Candidates must have completed a formal apprenticeship or have equivalent training and experience.



Responsibilities:

  • Sets up and operates plain or universal, horizontal, or vertical milling machines to perform machining operations such as compound angles and contours; boring compound angular holes; doing helical and spiral milling; serrating; and gear, spline, and keyway cutting to exacting tolerances.
  • Selects, mounts, and aligns various specialized machine attachments and standard or improvised tooling; plans sequence of operations, number of cuts required, and method of setup; determines, sets, and adjusts speeds, feeds, and depth of cut; interprets blueprints, sketches, and engineering specifications; uses a variety of machinist hand tools and precision measuring instruments; makes standard shop computations; and measures, marks, and scribes dimensions and reference points to lay out stock for machining.
  • May monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process or other control procedures.



Basic qualifications:

  • High school diploma/ GED
  • Knowledge of automated machinery
  • Ability to work any shift
  • Must be able to perform moderate to strenuous physical and repetitious work including bending, stooping, kneeling, carrying tools, lifting up to 50 lbs., and working overhead.


Preferred:

  • Machinist experience and above mentioned.



Client insight:

Worldwide and across disciplines, our client is challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace.



Interested? Learn more:

Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Mike at Mike.Ford@dppit.com to learn more about this position (#26-00435).


US Citizen: EOE/AA/V/D


DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.


Salary : $80,000 - $90,000

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