Vehicle Integration Technician III

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; Texas; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

3-month sabbatical

Medical, dental, vision, life, and dis

Mental health services

Paid military leave

12 weeks maternity leave

4 weeks spouse leave

$20k towards family planning

Dog friendly workplace

Stock bonuses

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching

$10k home purchase bonus in Cedar Park

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a Vehicle Integration Technician to assemble the Alpha Launch vehicle with attention to design intent and quality. Travel to launch sites will be required to support integration and testing.

Candidates should have at least 2 years in complex assemblies (aviation/automotive), proficiency with pneumatic and hand tools, and willingness to travel up to 30%. A&P license preferred; military aircraft experience highly desired.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience with complex assemblies in aviation/automotive contexts.
• Proficient with pneumatic, hand, power tools and precision measurement instruments.
• Proven experience with complex assemblies and troubleshooting.
• Willing to travel up to 30%.
• A&P license preferred.
• Military aircraft maintenance experience highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Follow complex assembly procedures and work instructions.
• Execute integration processes.
• Safely operate high pressure pneumatic, cryogenic, and fuel systems.
• Stage, set up, assemble, test, and install flight hardware.
• Utilize necessary tooling and fixturing.
• Follow complex planning instructions for assembly and integration 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.

Skills

Complex assemblies

Pneumatic tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Precision measurement

Troubleshooting

Willing to travel

A&P License (preferred)

Military maintenance experience

Tools

Pneumatic tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Precision measurement instruments

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.

What does SciTec bring to the Firefly family?

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.

SUMMARY

Vehicle Integration Technicians are responsible for the efficient and successful assembly 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 in production or maintenance of complex mechanical systems such as in aviation or automotive industries is required. The role also includes travel to the launch site in order to supported integrated vehicle and launch pad operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow complex assembly procedures and work instructions
• Execute integration processes
• Safely operate high pressure pneumatic, cryogenic, and fuel systems
• Stage, set up, assemble, test, and install flight hardware
• 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

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Minimum 2 years experience with complex assemblies, e.g. production in aviation/automotive, Oil Rig maintenance/assembly
• Proficient use of Pneumatic tools, hand tools, Power tools, and Precision measurement instruments
• Proven experience with complex assemblies, e.g. production in aviation/automotive, Oil Rig maintenance/assembly.
• Proven experience with complex troubleshooting
• Comfortable working within an evolving process
• Flexibility regarding workflow and process
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey methodologies for assembly and troubleshooting
• General knowledge of basic hand tools and their use
• Willing to travel up to 30%
• A&P License is preferred
• 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.Rocket engines, turbomachinery, or complex component assemblyTroubleshooting/Repairing/Testing of pneumatic and/or cryogenic valves, fluid systems, actuators, or components.Civilian/Military aircraft engine experience

Primary Level Salary Range:

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.