Group Lead - Assembly Technician Team

AV is seeking an experienced and highly organized Group Lead to provide daily leadership, direction, and technical oversight to a team of Assembly Technicians responsible for building, assembling, and testing mission‑critical space‑qualified hardware. The Group Lead will serve as the primary on‑floor leader, ensuring that all assembly, integration, test, and documentation activities are performed safely, accurately, on schedule, and in strict compliance with procedures, quality standards, and mission requirements for flight and space hardware.

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AV is seeking an experienced and highly organized Group Lead to provide daily leadership, direction, and technical oversight to a team of Assembly Technicians responsible for building, assembling, and testing mission‑critical space‑qualified hardware. The Group Lead will serve as the primary on‑floor leader, ensuring that all assembly, integration, test, and documentation activities are performed safely, accurately, on schedule, and in strict compliance with procedures, quality standards, and mission requirements for flight and space hardware.

• Provide daily work direction, task assignment, and priority setting for a team of 6 - 14 Assembly Technicians
• Monitor progress of multiple assemblies/subassemblies in real time; reallocate resources and adjust priorities as needed to meet schedule milestones
• Perform hands‑on technical leadership including:
  • Demonstrating critical assembly techniques
  • Troubleshooting complex assembly issues
  • Verifying work‑in‑process quality and workmanship
• Serve as primary on‑shift point‑of‑contact for technicians regarding technical questions, procedure interpretation, and discrepancy resolution
• Conduct pre‑shift briefings, safety stand‑downs, and end‑of‑shift pass‑downs
• Ensure strict adherence to ESD controls, cleanroom protocols, FOD prevention, and contamination control requirements
• Review and approve technician‑generated documentation (travelers, discrepancy reports, as‑built records, test data, COC/COA verification) for accuracy and completeness
• Identify and elevate technical, schedule, or resource constraints to Manufacturing Management and Engineering in a timely manner
• Assist in training and onboarding new technicians; perform skill assessments and provide feedback for performance reviews
• Support continuous improvement initiatives including procedure updates, tool/equipment improvements, and process standardization
• Actively participate in MRB (Material Review Board), Failure Review Boards, and build readiness reviews when required
• Coordinate with Test Engineering, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, and Engineering to resolve issues impacting assembly flow
• Occasionally perform technician‑level assembly, bonding, staking, harness installation, or test support during peak periods or critical operations
• Enforce and model AV's safety, quality, and mission‑success‑first culture

• Minimum 6 years of hands‑on experience assembling and testing space flight or high‑reliability aerospace hardware
• Previous experience as a lead, senior technician, or working group supervisor directing daily activities of 4+ technicians
• Demonstrated expert‑level proficiency in all core Assembly Technician responsibilities including:
  • Precision assembly in cleanroom environments
  • Reading & interpreting complex drawings, schematics, ICDs, and work instructions
  • Mixing/applying flight‑qualified epoxies and adhesives
  • ESD‑sensitive hardware handling
  • Component inspection, cleaning, vacuum bake‑out, and traveler documentation
• Strong working knowledge of J-STD-001 (Space Addendum), IPC-A-610, and/or IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards
• Proven track record of high attention to…