Environmental Test Technician III

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 h 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.

• 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

• 12 weeks paid maternity leave
• 4 weeks paid spouse leave
• $20k towards family planning: fertility, surrogacy, adoption
• Dog friendly workplace

• $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

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.

You miss all the shots you don’t take. If this is something that interests you, then apply. Being a dedicated, driven team player can carry you far. You can learn about rockets, it’s much harder to learn dedication and passion. – Meagan Roth, Sr. Director of Systems Engineering and Launch

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.

This position will sit in our Environmental Test Lab in Leander, TX.

SUMMARY

We are looking for an Environmental Test Technician III to join the Environmental Test Lab as part of the Advanced Materials department at Firefly Aerospace. You will apply your skill of utilizing thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal‑vacuum chambers to support design, manufacturing, and testing activities by the company.

The candidate must be a self‑starter who works well in a team environment and has excellent interpersonal skills. The candidate will form an integral part of a team of engineers and technicians that will be a focal point for the company. The candidate will be expected to learn the testing processes, apply their knowledge, maintain good record‑keeping, and have good working relationships with team members.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide technical support for running test equipment in the Environmental Test Lab, not limited to thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal vacuum chambers

Have expertise in running multiple environmental test laboratory areas (thermal, thermal vacuum, shock, vibration)

Provide training for new hires to the environmental test lab on running the equipment

Set up and tear down of test equipment for each test

Ensure that all work performed is properly and completely documented in preparation for QA inspection

Read and interpret test procedures, process controls, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, drawings, manuals, blueprints, and engineering sketches

Provide feedback to Engineering on quality, discrepancy identification and process and design improvements

Comply with the company FOD program, tool control program, 5‑S program, and all safety regulations

Self‑monitor work progress against area benchmarks and achieve on time delivery of all work

Collaborate with test engineers to troubleshoot failures and issues derived from test data

Perform other related duties, as assigned, for ensuring an efficient and effective work environment

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

Strong hands on testing experience…