GSE Welder III

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; Cedar Park, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Relocation reimbursement

Employee-ownership with stock bonuses

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a skilled welder for our Cedar Park, TX manufacturing and test site.

The role focuses on fabricating and welding production-level flight-grade SS assemblies, tooling, and ground support equipment to prints, with opportunities to work on R&D test site equipment and launch-site fabrication. You will collaborate with design teams and operations to bring spaceflight products to life, including travel to launch sites as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 5+ years of welding experience.
• Experience with MIG, TIG, Stick and Flux Core welding.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs and work overtime/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Performs welding on aluminum and steel structures to prints.
• Reads piping diagrams and shop drawings for installation.
• Performs tube, piping and conduit installation for fluid systems.
• Operates tools and testing equipment; maintains equipment performance.
• Travels to launch sites as required.

Skills

Welding

Blueprint reading

Forklift operation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

MIG welding

TIG welding

Stick welding

Flux Core welding

Forklift operation

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 on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing. 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

The GSE Combination Welder position at Firefly Aerospace will be responsible for fabrication and welding of production level “Flight-grade” SS assemblies, custom steel tooling, and steel Ground Support Equipment to prints. In this position, you will be able to work on R&D test site equipment, launch site fabrication & structures, and production line tooling. You will work on a daily basis with vehicle design teams, ground support teams, operations engineers, and engineering designers across Firefly to bring the future of spaceflight to life. This position is located at our Manufacturing and Test site just north of Austin/Cedar Park, in Briggs, TX.

Responsibilities:

• Performs work according to policy, procedures and specifications
• Performs welding processes on aluminum and steel structures, assemblies, piping to required tolerances using welding metals and metal alloys, including stick, TIG and MIG techniques (as applicable).
• Determine layouts and welds parts, assemblies, piping to engineering drawings and specifications.
• Reads complex piping and instrumentation diagrams and shop drawings for the purpose of installation, troubleshooting and repairing of major systems and minor subsystems and components.
• Performs tube, piping and conduit installation for fluid system fabrication, upgrades and modifications.
• Utilizes a wide range of mechanical and test tools including wrenches, sockets, torque wrenches, calipers, micrometers, plug & pin gage, while performing work to specifications, to identify problems and to maintain and calibrate equipment to performance standards
• Safety checks and operates heavy equipment such boom lift and forklift.
• Performs general housekeeping and continuous improvement of the appearance of the site.
• Travels to launch sites as required to support the overall program.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 5+ years of relevant welding experience.
• Experience with MIG, TIG, Stick and Flux Core.
• Experience with structural and pipe welding.
• Good knowledge and understanding of heat applications, heat absorbents during welding operations to prevent warpages of parts.
• Good knowledge of shop practices including layout, drilling, sawing, grinding, etc.
• Experience in operating forklifts, cranes and other machinery, with lifting and rigging experience preferred.
• Must be able to work overtime hours and weekends as needed.
• Must be able to lift a min. of 50 lbs. unassisted.
• Must be able to stoop, bend, crawl, maneuver in tight spaces, and work on elevated structures.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant welding experience.
• Experience working and welding stainless steel cryogenic pipe systems.
• Adept at troubleshooting and diagnosing problems with mechanical equipment with the ability to apply a resolution in a timely fashion.

Weld Test

TIG

STICK/FLUX

• ½” Tee Plate CS vertical/overhead (Stick)
• ½” Tee Plate CS vertical/overhead (Flux)

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Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational & relocation 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.