Vehicle Integration Technician II

Firefly Aerospace; Briggs (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Pet insurance

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace seeks a Vehicle Integration Technician to efficiently assemble and test the Alpha Launch Vehicle. The role requires strong avionics/assembly background and travel up to 40% to support launch operations.

Expect collaboration with engineers and a hands-on environment in Briggs, TX. Responsibilities include following assembly procedures, integrating flight hardware, and ensuring quality in ESD environments using standard tools and fixtures.

Qualifications

• Experience with complex aviation assemblies, including harness diagrams and on-vehicle testing.
• 2+ years with IPC/WHMA-A-620, MIL-DTL-22520, NASA-STD-8739, J-STD-001 or ANSI/ESD S20.20.
• Proficient with DMM and avionics/mechanical hand tools plus precision measurement tools.
• Able to travel up to 40% and adapt to evolving processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for assembly and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Follow complex assembly procedures and work instructions.
• Execute integration processes.
• Stage, set up, assemble, test and install flight hardware including harnessing.
• Familiarize with working in ESD environments.
• Use required tooling and fixturing.
• Follow planning instructions for assembly and integration of subsystems.
• Communicate effectively with engineers and teammates.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between design and build.
• Support engineering in manufacturability, producibility and design assembly using standard parts.

Skills

Aviation assembly experience

Military standards

DMM use

Avionics tools

Adaptability

Flexibility

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Hi-pot testers

Job description

About Firefly Aerospace

As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space - anywhere, anytime. Our small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles allow us to service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. We utilize carbon composite structures, patented propulsion technologies, and common components across our vehicles to iterate quickly, improve reliability, and deliver payloads at a lower cost.

Summary

Vehicle Integration Technicians are responsible for the efficient/successful assembly and test of the Alpha Launch Vehicle. This requires the ability to intuitively understand the intention behind design decisions and execute assembly based on those intentions. A strong background in production or maintenance of complex avionics systems such as in aviation is required. The role also includes travel to the launch site in order to support integrated vehicle and launch pad operations.

This role is located in Briggs, TX.

Responsibilities

• Follow complex assembly procedures and work instructions
• Execute integration processes
• Stage, set up, assemble, test and install flight hardware including installation of cable harnessing.
• Familiarization with working in ESD environments
• Utilize necessary tooling and fixturing
• Follow complex planning instructions for assembly and integration for the assembly of all vehicle subsystems.
• Communicate effectively with engineers and teammates
• Identify discrepancies between design and manufacture/assembly and resolve them
• Support engineering in defining manufacturability, producibility and assembly of design using industry standard parts and products

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience with complex assemblies, production in aviation including reading harness and wiring diagrams, routing/testing of harnessing on-vehicle, troubleshooting, repairing and visual inspections.
• Two or more years of experience in one or more of the following fields:
  • Has worked with IPC/WHMA-A-620, MIL-DTL-22520, NASA-STD-8739, J-STD-001 or ANSI/ESD S20.20
• Proficient in use of DMM, basic avionics hand tools, basic mechanical hand tools and precision measurement equipment.
• Comfortable working within an evolving process
• Flexibility regarding workflow and process
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey methodologies for assembly and troubleshooting
• Willing to travel up to 40%

Desired

• A&P License
• Relevant military experience in fixed or rotor wing maintenance is highly desired
• Two or more years of experience in one or more of the following fields:
  • Military Avionics/Electrician MOS
    • Army 15F, 15Y
    • Navy AT, ET
    • Marine 63 and 64 series
    • Airforce 2A6X6
    • Coast Guard AET
  • Rocket engines, turbomachinery or complex component assembly
  • Civilian/military aircraft engine experience
• Experience working with oscilloscopes and Hi-pot testers

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
• pet Insurance
• 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.