Manufacturing Engine Integration Prep Technician

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Flexible PTO

Short-term disability

Dental & Vision

Job summary

Firefly Manufacturing Prep Technician works closely with Manufacturing, Planning, Warehouse, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to ensure incoming work is prepared for production according to established instructions and production requirements. This role spans from entry level to experienced candidates, with responsibilities across prep, verification, and staging.

In addition to a collaborative workplace, Firefly offers strong benefits and opportunities for growth within a dynamic aerospace

Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of experience in aerospace, manufacturing, or related industrial fields.
• Ability to read and follow work instructions and manufacturing documents.
• Experience with ERP or manufacturing tracking systems and attention to quality.

Responsibilities

• Review planned work orders and align daily priorities with production leads.
• Prepare incoming jobs for production by printing work instructions and assembling packets.
• Verify parts and documentation, perform visual inspection and staging for production.
• Support ERP-based material handling and coordinate with teams to resolve issues.
• Maintain clean and safe work environment and follow FOD practices.

Skills

Reading work instructions

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

ERP systems

Aerospace manufacturing

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

Firefly Manufacturing Prep Technician work closely with Manufacturing, Planning, Warehouse, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to ensure incoming work is fully prepared and ready for production according to established instructions and production requirements. This work primarily includes receiving and preparing incoming jobs, verifying parts and documentation, cleaning and marking hardware, performing prep-level assembly steps, and staging work for assignment to the manufacturing production team. We are hiring for a range of experience levels from entry level to highly experienced and we encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Responsibilities include:

• Review planned work orders and align daily priorities with production Leads
• Prepare incoming jobs for production by printing work instructions and manufacturing order documents, assembling job packets, and staging work in the proper flow locations
• Unpack parts, organize hardware, and verify all required parts are present and correct
• Consume parts in the ERP system and support part pick activities when shortages or missing materials are identified
• Visually inspect incoming parts for damage, discrepancies, and non-conformance
• Clean hardware using approved cleaning methods, including ultrasonic/sonic cleaning processes, and perform part marking
• Complete prep-level assembly operations such as helicoil, keensert, or other light installation steps as required
• Triage held jobs to identify opportunities to unblock work and coordinate with supporting teams to resolve issues
• Escalate inventory, BOM, and documentation issues to Warehouse, Planning, or Manufacturing Engineering as appropriate
• Document standard rework, create NCRs for non-conforming parts, and support the incorporation and submission of work instruction redlines
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment, including chemical compliance checks and shop safety walkthroughs

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• 1 to 3 years of experience (or equivalent) in aerospace, manufacturing, production, R&D, or related industrial fields
• Ability to read and follow work instructions, manufacturing order documentation, and basic technical drawings
• Demonstrated high-level problem-solving skills working in a team environment
• Strong attention to detail in part verification, documentation, cleanliness, and production readiness
• Experience working with ERP or manufacturing tracking systems
• Ability to identify issues early and escape appropriately to supporting teams
• Physically able to climb ladders and stairs
• Lift and carry 50 lbs. for limited durations
• Schedule varies depending on business needs; flexibility required
• Work nights, weekends, and overtime when necessary
• Experience supporting aerospace, fluid systems, or precision mechanical hardware manufacturing
• Familiarity with ERP/manufacturing execution systems
• Experience performing visual inspection of machined hardware
• Familiarity with FOD control practices and clean handling requirements

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