Assembly Team Leader

Eaton's IS AER ITD division is currently seeking a Assembly Team Leader. The core hours are 6:00am to 2:30pm. The hourly rate for this position is $ 23.00 per hour.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you'll do:

This position will be responsible for assigning work, following schedule, work completed on schedule, resolving discrepancies, training employees, troubleshooting with technicians. This individual will serve as the link between production floor, Quality and Engineering functions.

Working lead will also assemble and test assemblies, sub-assemblies, and top assemblies of simple to most complex product line that includes but is not limited to commercial parts for customers such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, March, and General Dynamics. Occasionally work on uncommon assemblies where standard or recognizable methods and processes may not be available.

• Support and comply with Eaton Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policies
• Assist operators as required. Work as a liaison between Assembly, Inspection, Manufacturing, Engineering, Planning
• Assemble, disassemble, troubleshoot and test assemblies, subassemblies, and top assemblies. Ensure activities are performed correctly and proper tooling and documentation is used. Requires little to no supervision.
• Utilize technical skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to product non-conformance and performance test failures for connectors and electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Responsible for training new operators, assemblers, technicians, etc.
• Assist in setting job priorities and determining workload requirements.
• Responsible for leading team meetings.
• Responsible for always setting a good example of employee conduct.
• Responsible for transacting completed work orders throughout inventory locations.
• Assume the role of supervisor in his/her absence such as running daily production reports and escalate issues.
• Drive and initiate process improvements within hardware and test equipment which includes detection and isolation of performance discrepancies at each phase of assembly. May require working with Manufacturing and Quality Engineers.
• Interpret and understand complex drawings, blueprints, and schematics.
• Department representative in Customer audits/visits.
• Other duties as assigned. May be temporarily reassigned to cover workload in other areas of production as necessary.

Qualifications:

Basic (Required) Qualifications:

• Must have a high school diploma or GED from an accredited institution.
• A minimum of 6 years' experience in related mechanical manufacturing assembly operations
• A minimum of one (1) year experience assisting and/or leading teams or initiatives.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within the immediate area of Camarillo, CA (50 miles) will be considered for this position.
• This position requires access to export-controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158.

Preferred Qualifications:

• J-STD Solder Certification or Experience
• Can perform basic electrical tests such as DWIR, DWV, and continuity tests.
• Ability to set up equipment to meet product standards for identification, shell painting, retainer loading, contact painting, wire cutting, riveting, contact crimping and contact hooding.
• Ability to weigh, mix and identify items such as inks, paints, adhesives, molding compounds and potting materials.
• Ability to bond loaded front inserts to molded plastic rear inserts per work order instructions.
• Ability to bond interface seals and grommet seals to plastic insert assemblies per work order instructions.
• Ability to prepares single and shielded wires for termination, crimps contacts to prepared wires, terminate simple cables to connectors, and loads and operates heat treat and annealing ovens.
• Associate's degree

Position Criteria:

• Detailed knowledge of Aerospace products, manufacturing processes and inspection techniques.
• Soldering, wiring, prepping, and cable laying
• Operating tools such as calipers, torque meters, and micrometers.
• Computer proficiency with the ability to process and analyze data.
• Ability to read, follow and understand verbal instruction, product/ process specifications, drawings, and work orders.
• Experience Leading a Team
• Ability to lead team meetings
• Holding people accountable.
• Building relations.
• Influencing others.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - both verbal and written
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with other departments and organizations. Ability to accumulate and record data to support process improvement ideas.
• Ability to recognize and inform supervision of assembly problems and equipment breakdown.
• Good manual dexterity to assemble small and intricate parts.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. and handle components and assemblies using bending, reaching, and twisting body movements; in addition to use of hand tools.
• Willing to perform repetitive tasks while sitting or standing for extended periods of time

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Client-provided location(s): Camarillo, CA

Job ID: Eaton-64084Camarillo

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-05-01T18:43:55