# Cable Fabricator

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Chesapeake, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $26.83 - $35.94
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a skilled Cable Fabricator to manufacture, assemble, inspect, and test electrical cable and wire-harness assemblies used in military and defense systems.

The successful candidate will work from engineering drawings, wiring diagrams, bills of material, and work instructions while meeting strict quality, safety, and configuration-control requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Cut, strip, crimp, solder, terminate, and bundle wires and cables.

- Assemble military-grade cable and wire-harness assemblies according to drawings and specifications.

- Install connectors, backshells, contacts, shielding, labels, sleeving, and heat-shrink materials.

- Use hand tools, crimpers, soldering equipment, wire-processing equipment, and electrical test instruments.

- Perform continuity, insulation-resistance, and point-to-point testing.

- Read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, wiring tables, and bills of material.

- Verify materials, dimensions, pin locations, polarity, workmanship, and traceability.

- Document production and inspection results accurately.

- Identify and report defects, drawing discrepancies, and nonconforming material.

- Follow ESD controls, safety procedures, quality requirements, and configuration-management practices.

- Maintain a clean and organized work area.

- Support rework, repair, and continuous-improvement activities as assigned.

**Required Qualifications**

- 2+ years of cable fabrication, wire-harness assembly, electronics manufacturing, or related experience.

- Ability to read electrical drawings, wiring diagrams, and assembly instructions.

- Experience with wire stripping, crimping, soldering, connector assembly, and cable routing.

- Ability to use multimeters, continuity testers, and standard measuring tools.

- Strong manual dexterity and attention to detail.

- Ability to follow controlled processes and maintain accurate records.

- AA/AS degree or equivalent experience.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience producing cables or harnesses for military, aerospace, naval, or other high-reliability applications.

- Current or previous J-STD-001 and/or IPC/WHMA-A-620 certification.

- Experience with MIL-DTL connectors, coaxial cable, shielded cable, fiber optics, or RF assemblies.

- Familiarity with first-article inspection, in-process inspection, and nonconformance reporting.

- Experience working in an ISO 9001 or AS9100 quality environment.

**Benefits**

- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages

- 401K with company match

- Competitive pay and paid time off

- Full flex work weeks where possible

- Paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave

- Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance

## Skills

### Required
- Electronics
- Electronics Repairing
- Soldering
- wire stripping
- crimping
- connector assembly
- cable routing

### Nice to have
- J-STD-001
- IPC/WHMA-A-620
- MIL-DTL connectors
- coaxial cable
- shielded cable
- fiber optics
- RF assemblies

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