Space Manufacturing & Composites Trainer

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

3-month sabbatical

Health, dental, vision insurance

Stock bonuses

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching

Relocation benefits

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a Technical Trainer for Manufacturing & Composties to build and deliver hands-on training from onboarding through career development.

You will partner with technicians, engineers, and QA to translate processes into scalable curricula, track effectiveness, and drive rapid, reliable onboarding across manufacturing floors. The role emphasizes classroom and on-the-floor training, strong communication, and instructional design, with a mission to advance Firefly’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Aerospace, or related engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on manufacturing engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing, aerospace, or production engineering environment with direct exposure to on-the-floor processes.
• Insatiable curiosity and genuine drive to understand how things work and why each step matters.
• Ability to articulate a process in detail and break complex, technical work into clear, teachable steps.
• Extroverted and energized by people; builds trust across shop floor and classroom.
• Extreme self-starter; takes ownership of ambiguous problems and drives programs forward.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate instructor-led classroom, small-group, and hands-on technical training.
• Teach employees to navigate company systems and access work instructions, drawings, and production records.
• Teach documentation, traceability, and manufacturing process requirements including composites handling and curing.
• Design and own a structured onboarding program with milestones and competencies.
• Build long-term development pathways to reinforce and advance skills beyond onboarding.
• Develop lesson plans, presentations, demonstrations, and full curricula grounded in adult-learning principles.
• Use LMS, video and e-learning tools to create scalable courses and track effectiveness.
• Define and track training-effectiveness metrics and provide data-driven inputs to improve processes.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

On-the-floor training

Instructional design

LMS familiarity

ERP/MES familiarity

Technical communication

Problem solving

Mentoring

Adaptability

Hands-on technician background

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Aerospace engineering

Tools

LMS

ERP

MES

Document control systems

Job description

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a Technical Trainer for Manufacturing & Composties to build and deliver hands-on training from onboarding through career development.

You will partner with technicians, engineers, and QA to translate processes into scalable curricula, track effectiveness, and drive rapid, reliable onboarding across manufacturing floors. The role emphasizes classroom and on-the-floor training, strong communication, and instructional design, with a mission to advance Firefly’s