Test Mechanical Technician

EVONA; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Test Technician for Canada-based propulsion testing. You will assemble and prepare rocket engines and test articles, install instrumentation, and work on high-pressure fluid systems to support hot-fire campaigns.

You’ll handle mounting, testing, and teardown of hardware under extreme conditions, collaborating with engineers and quality teams to ensure safety and precision throughout the process.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on mechanical assembly, maintenance or technician experience.
• Experience working with mechanical or fluid systems.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, schematics and technical instructions.
• Confidence using hand tools, power tools and precision measuring equipment.
• Experience with torque wrenches, calipers and micrometers.
• Knowledge of plumbing, tubing and fittings such as AN/MS/JIC.
• Understanding of mechanical assembly, fasteners and safety wiring.
• Strong attention to detail and a safety-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and disassemble rocket engines, aerospace components and mechanical subassemblies.
• Mount engines and test articles onto propulsion test stands.
• Install sensors, transducers, thermocouples and instrumentation.
• Build and connect fluid and gas systems.
• Perform pressure testing and leak checks.
• Torque fittings and mechanical interfaces to precise specifications.
• Inspect hardware and verify configurations before testing.
• Support rocket engine hot-fire campaigns.
• Calibrate and check valves, actuators and regulators.
• Safely tear down hardware following tests.
• Inspect components for damage, wear and anomalies.
• Refurbish hardware ready for the next test campaign.
• Help build, modify and maintain the wider test facility and test stands.
• Work directly with test engineers, quality teams and design engineers to solve problems quickly.

Skills

Mechanical assembly

Test instrumentation

Reading drawings

Safety focused

Hand tools

Tools

Torque wrenches

Calipers

Micrometers

Instrumentation install

Job description

Location: London & Toronto, Canada

Compensation: Competitive base salary + package

Build the facility where a new rocket engine will come to life.

We are partnering with an ambitious heavily backed space launch company developing the next generation of launch vehicle technology in Canada.

Backed by significant funding and led by engineers from some of the world’s most successful aerospace and launch organisations, the company is now building the infrastructure required to develop, test and ultimately launch its vehicle.

This isn’t a role where you’ll spend your day watching hardware from behind a desk. You’ll be the person putting your hands on it.

At the heart of the programme is a 725 kN liquid rocket engine — and they are now building the team that will assemble, install, test and ultimately help fire it.

They’re looking for hands-on Mechanical Test Technicians to join their propulsion test operation in Canada.

If you’ve worked around high-pressure systems, cryogenics, fluid systems, turbomachinery, aerospace hardware or complex mechanical equipment, this is an opportunity to take that experience into rocket propulsion.

The Mission

Your job is simple to describe, but difficult to execute:

Make sure the hardware is ready to fire.

You’ll work alongside propulsion and test engineers preparing rocket engines and test articles for hot-fire campaigns.

One day you could be mounting an engine onto a test stand. The next you’ll be installing instrumentation, connecting high-pressure fluid systems, torquing critical fittings or performing leak and pressure checks before a firing.

When a test is complete, you’ll help tear the hardware down, inspect it, identify what survived, what didn’t, and prepare everything for the next iteration.

You’ll be working directly with hardware operating under extreme pressures, temperatures and loads, where attention to detail genuinely matters.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Assemble and disassemble rocket engines, aerospace components and mechanical subassemblies
• Mount engines and test articles onto propulsion test stands
• Install sensors, transducers, thermocouples and instrumentation
• Build and connect fluid and gas systems
• Perform pressure testing and leak checks
• Torque fittings and mechanical interfaces to precise specifications
• Inspect hardware and verify configurations before testing
• Support rocket engine hot-fire campaigns
• Calibrate and check valves, actuators and regulators
• Safely tear down hardware following tests
• Inspect components for damage, wear and anomalies
• Refurbish hardware ready for the next test campaign
• Help build, modify and maintain the wider test facility and test stands
• Work directly with test engineers, quality teams and design engineers to solve problems quickly

What We’re Looking For

You don’t necessarily need to have worked on rockets before.

We’re interested in people from aerospace, aviation, oil & gas, defence, automotive, industrial testing, manufacturing or other demanding mechanical environments where safety and precision matter.

You’ll Ideally Bring

• 2+ years of hands-on mechanical assembly, maintenance or technician experience
• Experience working with mechanical or fluid systems
• Ability to read engineering drawings, schematics and technical instructions
• Confidence using hand tools, power tools and precision measuring equipment
• Experience with torque wrenches, calipers and micrometers
• Knowledge of plumbing, tubing and fittings such as AN/MS/JIC
• Understanding of mechanical assembly, fasteners and safety wiring
• Strong attention to detail and a safety-first mindset

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a rocket programme while the test capability is still being built — not after everything has already been established.

You’ll help build the facility, install the hardware, support the test campaigns and watch systems you’ve physically worked on come alive during hot-fire testing.

Getting a new launch vehicle to orbit.

If you’re a hands-on mechanical technician who has spent your career around serious hardware and you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to apply those skills to rocket engines, I’d love to hear from you.