Production Technician I-Composites

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; Texas; Presencial; USD 55 000 - 75 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health, dental, vision plans

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Flexible PTO

Resumo da oferta

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a Production Technician to support production operations, coordinate work orders, expedite material shortages, track status, and keep manufacturing on schedule.

This role collaborates with engineering, supply chain, quality, and production teams in a high‑pace aerospace environment. Responsibilities include monitoring schedules, releasing work orders, moving hardware between cells, escalating bottlenecks, and maintaining accurate production records.

Qualificações

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Associate degree or technical certification preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, Costpoint, Epicor, etc.).
• Strong understanding of manufacturing workflows.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Monitor production schedules and priorities based on customer and program needs.
• Coordinate movement of hardware between production cells.
• Track production progress and communicate schedule risks.
• Identify material shortages and coordinate with Supply Chain to expedite deliveries.
• Maintain production metrics and reports to support continuous improvement.

Conhecimentos

Aerospace manufacturing

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Formação académica

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree or technical certification

Ferramentas

ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, Costpoint, Epicor)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.

The Production Technician is responsible for supporting production operations by coordinating work orders, expediting material shortages, tracking production status, and ensuring manufacturing activities remain on schedule. This role works cross‑functionally with engineering, supply chain, quality, and production teams to proactively resolve issues that could impact delivery of aerospace components and systems. Success requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑accountability aerospace manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Production Coordination

Monitor production schedules and prioritize work based on customer and program needs.

Ensure manufacturing work orders are released and completed according to schedule.

Coordinate movement of hardware between production cells.

Track production progress and communicate schedule risks.

Identify material shortages and coordinate with Supply Chain to expedite deliveries.

Follow up on open purchase orders and internal manufacturing requests.

Expedite engineering dispositions, quality inspections, and manufacturing approvals.

Escalate production constraints that threaten delivery schedules.

Manufacturing Support

Support technicians with obtaining tooling, materials, and documentation.

Verify work instructions and manufacturing travelers are available before production begins.

Coordinate hardware movement between machining, assembly, test, inspection, and shipping.

Assist with inventory reconciliation and material transactions within the ERP/MRP system.

Cross-Functional Communication

Serve as the primary liaison between:ManufacturingProduction PlanningSupply ChainQuality AssuranceManufacturing EngineeringProgram Management

Provide daily production status updates.

Participate in production readiness and scheduling meetings.

Identify production bottlenecks and recommend process improvements.

Support Lean Manufacturing and 5S initiatives.

Assist in reducing production cycle times.

Maintain accurate production metrics and reports.

Required Qualifications

High school diploma or GED required.

Associate degree or technical certification preferred.

3+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or advanced manufacturing.

Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, Costpoint, Epicor, etc.).

Strong understanding of manufacturing workflows.

Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

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.

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.