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Drafter 2  Palmdale, CA  Posted: 9/16/2025
Job Description

Job ID#:

213035

Job Category:

IT/Technical

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Duration:

104

Shift:

1


PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking a Drafter 2, in Palmdale, CA. Job ID#213035

 Pay Rate: $39 - $44/hr

Job Description:

Seeking a Drafter (Level 2 or 3) located in Palmdale, California.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Develop and maintain system and sub-system drawing packages.
• Plans, layouts, draws, and revises detailed part, assembly, and installation engineering drawings from basic layouts, established references, and standard data in a field of specialization such as structures, devices, mechanics, electrical, or electronics.
• Incorporate redlines from engineering team.
• Utilizes computer-aided design equipment and/or graphic tools such as, CAD, CAM or CATIA.
• Completes details of major layout drawings prepared by others in accordance with standard engineering drafting practices.
• Determines scaling; inserts necessary reference planes, centering and dimension lines, hidden line interpolations, and sectioning; prepares specifications for parts, assemblies, and installations; prepares complete production detail drawings;
• Contributes design modifications to improve quality of product or facilitate manufacturing operations
This role can be filled at either the Drafter 2 or Drafter 3 levels.

Basic Qualifications:
• Basic Qualifications for Drafter Level 2 include a High School diploma or equivalent and 2 years additional education and/or related experience.
• Basic Qualifications for Drafter Level 3 include a High School diploma or equivalent and 4 years additional education and/or related experience.
• CATIA V5, NX, CADAM, CADEX. GD&T
• Good Communication Skills
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. Required to start.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Special Program Access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications:
• Associates Degree or higher
• Active DoD Secret clearance or higher

Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

 
Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

Secret

 

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled 

 

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

 

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

 

  • The California Fair Chance Act
  • Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
  • Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
  • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance




 

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