About & Careers
Build the structure. Own part of the company.
Janicki is family and employee owned, so what you build here is partly yours. Aerospace and defense programs depend on our tools and composite structures, often with no other supplier. We are 2,500 people in Washington and Utah, with a new campus rising in Great Falls, Montana. Growth means room to advance, and we’re hiring across production, skilled trades, engineering, program finance, IT, HR, supply chain and finance.
The company
Still owned by the people whose name is on the building.

Janicki Industries was founded in 1993 by Peter and Susan Janicki in Sedro-Woolley, Washington; Peter's brother John and his wife Katy joined in 1994. The company grew by taking the jobs other shops turned down and building them at rate, year after year. That reputation is now four product lines: aerostructures, aerospace tooling, munitions and marine.
All four are still here, and their children work in the business. Ownership stays with the family and extends to employees through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
That is why the company can build eleven mills one at a time, commit $800 million to Great Falls and sign up for a program's full production life. Decisions are made in Sedro-Woolley.
Everything we build is built in the United States, for the American warfighter and its Allies.
Why people work here
The work goes somewhere.
Most manufacturing careers are one operation on one part. Here a structure goes from raw stock to shipped hardware, and then to a flight line.
What you build
Bombers, fighters, drones, missiles, spacecraft and submarines.
You own a piece of it
Employees hold ESOP shares alongside the founding family, at no cost to them. When the company does well, they share in it.
Machines you cannot run anywhere else
Eleven proprietary 5-axis mills, among the world's largest. Mill 11 is 80 feet long and there is one of it.
Grow without leaving
Trainee to machinist to programmer to engineer; buyer to planner to program manager; aerostructures to tooling to munitions to marine.
Programs that last
As sole-source Tier 1 supplier on a range of platforms, the work runs for the life of the program, which on current platforms means decades.
Three places to live
Skagit Valley an hour north of Seattle; Layton on the Wasatch Front next to Hill Air Force Base; Great Falls on the Missouri River.
How we train
We hire amazing people and train them to be extraordinary.

Nobody arrives knowing how to hold ±0.005 in over a hundred feet or lay up a bomber structure to spec. Those standards are taught here, on production hardware, by the people who hold them every day.
Mentorship from the first day. Every new hire is paired with someone who has done the job for years, and held to the customer's standard from the first week.
Hands on before production. Onboarding runs through a dedicated training space where engineers and technicians work real tools, materials and machines before touching a production part.
Promotion from within. People move from trainee to machinist to programmer to engineer, from buyer to planner to program manager, and between product lines without changing employers. Most of the people who run this company came up through it.
Tuition reimbursement. Janicki pays for the education that moves you forward: a trade certification, an engineering degree, an MBA, a new machine qualification.
The specifications, taught. AS9100, Nadcap, ITAR and the customer's specifications are how the work is done here, and every person is trained to them before touching a part or a purchase order.
On the floor
What the work looks like.



Open roles
Current openings
Build the future of advanced manufacturing with us. We’re hiring across trades, engineering and business in Washington, Utah and Montana. Select a role to view details and apply through our careers portal. Listings are updated daily.
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Eligibility. Some positions involve access to items or technical data controlled under U.S. export laws (ITAR/EAR); each posting says whether it does. For those positions Janicki must confirm whether an export authorization is needed before access is granted. Some programs also require a U.S. government security clearance. Janicki is an equal opportunity employer and does not make hiring decisions based on citizenship or immigration status except where required by law or government contract.
Veterans
If you served, you already know this hardware. Come build it. Veterans are about 10% of the Janicki workforce. Janicki is an authorized DoD SkillBridge organization and a YesVets employer, and was recognized by the U.S. Navy as an Outstanding Civilian Employer in 2025.
Aircraft maintainers, machinist's mates, structural mechanics, ordnance technicians, Seabees: the skills transfer directly to layup, assembly, machining, NDT and quality. Clearance-eligible candidates are especially welcome.
Layton sits next to Hill Air Force Base; Sedro-Woolley and Hamilton are an hour from NAS Whidbey Island and Naval Station Everett; Great Falls is home to Malmstrom Air Force Base.
Benefits
What comes with the job.
Paid holidays, vacation and sick time, healthcare plans, tuition assistance, a 401(k) and ESOP ownership.
Health
Medical, dental and vision plans with an employer contribution, plus disability, life and AD&D coverage and an HSA.
Retirement & ownership
ESOP shares, funded by the company, plus a 401(k) plan.
Time off
Paid holidays, vacation and sick time.
Shifts and pay
Shifts available outside the standard Monday to Friday day schedule.
Training & tuition
Mentorship, paid on-the-job training and tuition assistance, plus paid 10 to 12 week engineering and production internships in Washington and Utah (applications open September through November).
Relocation
Relocation assistance may be provided for exceptional applicants.
Contact
Talk to us
Recruiting, supplier and program inquiries all start here. Coming in person? See Visiting Janicki for what to expect at the gate.
Email us
Send recruiting, supplier and program inquiries to [email protected].
Please do not send export-controlled technical data (ITAR/EAR) by email. See our Privacy Notice.
Employment notices
Equal opportunity. Janicki is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Janicki provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and to applicants with sincerely held religious beliefs during the application process and in employment, as required by law; to request one, email [email protected].
Export control and clearances. Some positions involve access to items, software or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR); each job posting states whether it does. These laws do not themselves restrict whom Janicki may hire, but they do require that Janicki obtain an export authorization before certain information is shared with a person who is not a U.S. person as the regulations define that term (a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident, or a person granted asylum or refugee status). For export-controlled positions, Janicki will therefore ask about export-authorization status in the hiring process and, where an authorization is required, employment or access may be conditioned on Janicki obtaining it. Janicki does not make hiring decisions on the basis of citizenship or immigration status except as required by law, regulation, executive order or government contract, and does not limit any position to U.S. citizens or permanent residents unless a specific contract or clearance requirement applies to it. Some positions require the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance, and work on certain programs is subject to additional government and customer requirements.
Conditions of employment. Offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory completion of Janicki’s pre-employment process, which may include verification of identity and work authorization, background and reference checks, and drug and alcohol screening, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law. Unless otherwise provided in a written agreement signed by an authorized officer of the company or required by applicable law, employment with Janicki is at will.
Pay, benefits and programs. Descriptions of compensation, benefits, ownership, training, trainee, internship, relocation and other programs on this site are general summaries for informational purposes only. They are not a complete statement of any plan or program, are subject to eligibility requirements, may vary by location, position, classification and employment status, and may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time. The specific terms of employment, including pay and benefits, are those set out in the written offer of employment, the applicable plan documents and policies, and, where applicable, the posting on the careers portal, all of which control over any summary on this site. Nothing on this site is an offer or contract of employment or a promise of any particular benefit, term or duration of employment.
Applications and privacy. Janicki accepts applications only through its careers portal. Information submitted there is handled under the portal’s privacy notice and Janicki’s applicant privacy practices. Janicki does not charge fees at any stage of recruiting and does not extend offers through unsolicited messaging; if you receive a request for payment or personal financial information in Janicki’s name, do not respond and report it to [email protected]. Recruiting agencies: unsolicited resumes are not accepted and no fee is owed for them.
At a glance
Janicki in one place.
- Founded
- 1993, by Peter and Susan Janicki
- Headquarters
- 719 Metcalf Street, Sedro-Woolley, Washington
- Ownership
- Family and employee owned (employee stock ownership plan, ESOP)
- People
- 2,500
- Product lines
- Aerostructures, aerospace tooling, munitions, marine
- Sites
- Sedro-Woolley, Hamilton, Bellingham and Mount Vernon, Washington; Layton, Utah; Great Falls, Montana (under construction)
- Production space
- One million sq ft in Washington, 100,000 in Utah, 600,000 under construction in Montana (one million at full build-out)
- Mills
- Eleven proprietary 5-axis mills, envelopes to 100 ft
- Quality system
- AS9100D / ISO 9001:2015; Nadcap composites and NDT
- Compliance
- ITAR registered; ICD 705 certified buildings
- Recognition
- Northrop Grumman Supplier Excellence Award 2024 and 2025; Boeing Supplier of the Year 2023
- Contact
- 360.856.5143 · [email protected]