Machine Shop Assistant

Are you ready to grow your career with a company that partners with some of today’s most innovative technology leaders — including NASA, SpaceX, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and more? Join LTI as a Machine Shop Assistant, where your passion for accuracy, efficiency, and great service will help support machining operations and ensure top-quality results. At LTI, you’ll work with cutting-edge equipment, learn from seasoned professionals and material testing experts, and contribute to projects shaping the future of aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing. Recently voted one of the Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia area (2025), we invite you to bring your skills and dedication to a team united by a common goal: excellence in everything we do.

This is a 2nd shift role working at our facility in Hatfield, PA. The hours are Monday to Friday from 2:30 PM to 11:00 PM.

The Machine Shop Assistant will perform various tasks to support the day-to-day machining and testing operations including but not limited to inspecting machined parts, deburring, polishing, packaging, marking, cleaning, and organizing scrap material as required.

Responsibilities:

- Performs all types of secondary shop operations such as inspection of parts, deburring, polishing, packaging, marking, and cleaning as assigned by the Machine Shop Supervisor.

- Maintains a calibration recall list to ensure all shop instruments that are due for calibration are located and transported to the calibration department.

- Use customer supplied drawings and documents to layout and mark material prior to cutting.

- Operate a forklift and pallet jack to organize and discard scrap material and chips.

- Retrieve scrap material for retesting as assigned by the Machine Shop Supervisor.

- Assists with maintaining shop equipment. This includes cleaning the equipment, performing preventive maintenance as scheduled, and performing repair maintenance as required.

- Assists with maintaining an “open house” shop appearance at all times. This includes cleaning, sweeping, moping, and operating a battery powered floor cleaner.

Other Responsibilities:

- Maintains assigned work area(s) in a clean, organized, and safe condition at all times.

- Understands and complies with LTI’s QA Program at all times.

- Seeks clarification when specifications or directions are unclear.

- Complies with all company policies and procedures at all times.

- Follows all safety rules and regulations at all times and utilizes personal protective equipment, as required.

- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the Machine Shop Supervisor or the Machine Shop Manager.

Qualifications:

- Must possess a high school diploma or GED.

- Excellent attention to detail.

- Ability to work well in a team environment.

- Ability to process work with accuracy in a fast-paced environment.

- Ability to work with minimal supervision.

- Strong mechanical aptitude.

- Basic understanding of how to operate small shop tools and equipment.

- Ability to push, pull, lift and/or carry up to seventy-five (75) pounds.

This position requires use of information or access to processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export laws including but not limited to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). In accordance with ITAR, to be qualified to work in this facility, applicants must be a US Person, which is defined as a US National, US Permanent Resident, and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.

LTI is a multi-year recipient of the Best Places to Work and offers a full and comprehensive benefit package which includes Health, dental, 401k with company match, LTD, STD, Company Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (PTO), advancement opportunities, and more!

LTI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability and need assistance completing an application, please reach out to Human Resources at hrsupport@labtesting.com or 215-997-9080 x 2125.

- We are not working with agencies and are unable to offer sponsorship.