Environmental Test Technician II – 2nd Shift Space Lab

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace is seeking an Environmental Test Technician II to join the Environmental Test Lab in the Advanced Materials department. You will apply your skills with thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal-vacuum chambers to support design, manufacturing, and testing activities across the company.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, work well in a team, and maintain good record-keeping while building strong relationships with engineers and technicians.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in a related field preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for running test equipment in the Environmental Test Lab, including thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal vacuum chambers.
• Experience in running multiple environmental test laboratory areas (thermal, thermal vacuum, shock, vibration).
• Provide training for new hires to the environmental test lab on running the equipment.
• Set up and tear down of test equipment for each test.
• Ensure that all work performed is properly and completely documented in preparation for QA inspection.
• Read and interpret test procedures, process controls, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, drawings, manuals, blueprints, and engineering sketches.
• Provide feedback to Engineering on quality, discrepancy identification and process and design improvements.
• Comply with the company FOD program, tool control program, 5-S program, and all safety regulations.
• Self-monitor work progress against area benchmarks and achieve on time delivery of all work.
• Collaborate with test engineers to troubleshoot failures and issues derived from test data.
• Perform other related duties, as assigned, to ensure an efficient and effective work environment.

Skills

Environmental testing

Test instrumentation

Attention to detail

Communication

Team collaboration

Lab/bench work

LabVIEW/Python

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree in related field preferred

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Soldering wires & connectors

Wire stripping

Ohm's law

Drilling & tapping

Torque wrenches

DC power supplies

Tape measures

Job description

Firefly Aerospace is seeking an Environmental Test Technician II to join the Environmental Test Lab in the Advanced Materials department. You will apply your skills with thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal-vacuum chambers to support design, manufacturing, and testing activities across the company.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, work well in a team, and maintain good record-keeping while building strong relationships with engineers and technicians.