GSE Technician II

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.

Texas

On-site

USD 30,000 - 41,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO for exempt employees

3-month sabbatical for every 5 years

Medical, dental, vision, life, and aﬃn

Disability insurance

Mental health services

Paid military leave

12 weeks paid maternity leave

4 weeks paid spouse leave

$20k towards family planning: fert. &/

Dog friendly workplace

$10k/year towards trade school or COL

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a GSE Technician to join our Test Operations Team at the Briggs, TX facility, north of Cedar Park. You will build and maintain test stands, and perform upgrades and verification of fluid systems and related hardware.

Responsibilities include new site/test stand builds, stand verification and commissioning, test article installation, troubleshooting, and documenting stand activity across valves, engines, and rocket stages.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalency.
3+ years of experience with mechanical systems, high‑pressure fluid/pneumatic systems, or heavy equipment.
3+ years using power and hand tools and calibrated tooling.
Ability to work effectively in a team and adapt in a fast paced environment.
Ability to lift 30 pounds and stand for extended periods.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade test stand equipment and instrumentation.
Participate in new site/test stand builds and implementation of new capabilities.
Provide operability feedback to GSE engineers during design.
Collaborate with test engineers to develop procedures and document activity.
Maintain tools, storage, and hardware to support test activities.
Keep test stands clean and ready-for-flight hardware.
Work with engineering to streamline testing processes.
Perform test stand operating tasks under guidance.
Operate high‑pressure, cryogenic, hydraulic systems, pumps, and pneumatic components.

Skills

Teamwork

Troubleshooting

Mechanical aptitude

Safety conscious

Communication

Education

Engineering/technical associate degree

Tools

JIRA

Calibrated tools

Job description

At Firefly, we’re focused on making space attainable for everyone – including you! Each team member’s passion, dedication, and innovative ideas have a direct impact on fueling our successful trajectory into space. And there’s no shortage of meaningful projects to work on at Firefly. With launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles, Firefly has a diverse line of business with opportunities to get hands‑on experience launching rockets, operating in space, and landing on the Moon.

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Our Values

Headquartered in the Lone Star State, Firefly’s hardworking team reflects Texas’ GO BIG culture in everything we do. We build big, achieve big, and dream big. We’re building launch vehicles and spacecraft to provide rapid, reliable space access. We’ve achieved some incredible wins, including the first successful commercial Moon landing. And we’re dreaming bigger than this planet with ambitions to Mars, Venus, and beyond. Our core values are what drive us along the way.

Passion

Fireflies believe in perseverance, responsiveness, and mentoring others with a focus on inspiring a better future.

Accountability

Fireflies act with integrity and take ownership of our actions, commitments, decisions, and outcomes.

Fireflies work in alignment across teams and communicate clearly with mutual respect for one another.

Fireflies deliver high-quality work through technical rigor and timely disciplined execution for our customers.

We take care of our Fireflies with some of the best benefits in the industry. Our mission to make space for everyone starts with our employees and allowing them to make space for their family, their career, and their future.

Space for You

Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
3-month sabbatical for every 5 years of service
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Mental health services
Paid military leave

Space for Your Family

12 weeks paid maternity leave
4 weeks paid spouse leave
$20k towards family planning: fertility, surrogacy, adoption
Dog friendly workplace

Space for Your Career

$10k/year towards trade school or college
Ongoing coaching to advance leadership skills
- Employee-ownership with stock bonuses
- 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching
- $10k bonus for home purchase in Cedar Park, Texas

Job Openings

From launch technicians to propulsion engineers, Firefly has open roles across the company. We’re looking for passionate, bright innovators to join our team and help make space an achievable dream for everyone.

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

GSE Technicians will work with the Test Operations Team to perform all actions required to build and maintain test stands, rocket launch sites, and fluid system upgrades.

Responsibilities include new test stand build, and test site upgrades, stand verification and commissioning, test article install, troubleshooting, verification and testing activities associated with all components of the rocket. These tests can vary from valves to engines to entire rocket stages. This role is located at our rocket production facility in Briggs, TX, north of Cedar Park.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Build, maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade test stand equipment and instrumentation as required.
Participate in builds of new site/test stands or implementation of new systems or capabilities on current stands.
Provide operability & constructability feedback to GSE engineers during project design phase.
Collaborate with test engineers to develop test procedures and document stand activity.
Build, develop and maintain appropriate tools, storage, and hardware to support test and test activities.
Maintain clean and orderly locations on the test stand to deliver ready-for-flight hardware.
Partner with engineering teams to streamline, optimize and improve testing process.
Assume test stand operating tasks in parallel and with guidance from test engineering team.
Operate and maintain hardware, high pressure systems, cryogenic systems, hydraulic systems, pumps, and other ancillary equipment including pneumatic components.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

High school diploma or equivalency certificate
3+ years of experience working with and troubleshooting mechanical systems, high pressure fluid/pneumatic systems, or heavy equipment.
3+ years of experience using power tools, hand tools, and calibrated tooling.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, challenging work environment.
Ability to lift 30 pounds.
Ability to stand for extended period of times and work in a test stand environment.
Associate degree in an engineering, technical, or mechanical field A&P license.
Experience in airframe structural repair.
Experience in aviation electronics and avionics.
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) certification or training.
Experience with testing process and optimization of test processes.
Experience with hydraulic plumbing repair/fabrication.
Experience in ground support equipment in aerospace industry.
Experience in the space exploration industry, aviation, military, or other high-reliability operating environment.
Basic computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Office, JIRA, and photo generation/compilation.
Experience with crane and lift operations.
Knowledge of different fittings such as NPT, MS, and A/N and Swagelok.
Ability to read and understand operating system schematics and drawings.
Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing).

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Primary Level Salary Range:

$22.50 - $30.38

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24‑hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

GSE Technicians will work with the Test Operations Team to perform all actions required to build and maintain test stands, rocket launch sites, and fluid system upgrades.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Build, maintain, troubleshoot, and upgrade test stand equipment and instrumentation as required.
Participate in builds of new site/test stands or implementation of new systems or capabilities on current stands.
Provide operability & constructability feedback to GSE engineers during project design phase.
Collaborate with test engineers to develop test procedures and document stand activity.
Build, develop and maintain appropriate tools, storage, and hardware to support test and test activities.
Maintain clean and orderly locations on the test stand to deliver ready-for-flight hardware.
Partner with engineering teams to streamline, optimize and improve testing process.
Assume test stand operating tasks in parallel and with guidance from test engineering team.
Operate and maintain hardware, high pressure systems, cryogenic systems, hydraulic systems, pumps, and other ancillary equipment including pneumatic components.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

High school diploma or equivalency certificate
3+ years of experience working with and troubleshooting mechanical systems, high pressure fluid/pneumatic systems, or heavy equipment.
3+ years of experience using power tools, hand tools, and calibrated tooling.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, challenging work environment.
Ability to lift 30 pounds.
Ability to stand for extended period of times and work in a test stand environment.

Desired

Associate degree in an engineering, technical, or mechanical field A&P license.
Experience in airframe structural repair.
Experience in aviation electronics and avionics.
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) certification or training.
Experience with testing process and optimization of test processes.
Experience with hydraulic plumbing repair/fabrication.
Experience in ground support equipment in aerospace industry.
Experience in the space exploration industry, aviation, military, or other high-reliability operating environment.
Basic computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Office, JIRA, and photo generation/compilation.
Experience with crane and lift operations.
Knowledge of different fittings such as NPT, MS, and A/N and Swagelok.
Ability to read and understand operating system schematics and drawings.
Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing).

Primary Level Salary Range:

$22.50 - $30.38

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

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