Job Description

Firefly Aerospace Electronics Manufacturing Position

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 electronics manufacturing facility in Cedar Park, Texas then transition to sit at our Rocket Ranch in Briggs, Texas.

Summary

Firefly Electronic Component Assemblers work closely with the Avionics team in the design, build, integration, and test of fully functional space launch rockets, satellites, and landers. This work primarily includes the assembly of avionics harnesses and associated flight hardware. The compensation and responsibilities will be adjusted to match the experience level and abilities of the candidate.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate and assemble high quality, high reliability wire harnesses and electro-mechanical assemblies, working from detailed instructions.
• Ensures that all work performed is properly and completely documented in preparation for QA inspection.
• Read and interpret design documents, process controls, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, and drawings.
• Provide feedback to manufacturing engineering on quality, discrepancy identification and manufacturing 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.

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Hands on experience with hand tools to assemble or build a product (electrical, structural, or any type of trade training or experience).
• Excellent concentration and attention to detail with first-rate work efficiency and accuracy.
• Must have the dexterity and ability to perform hands on harness assembly for extended periods of time.
• Basic computer skills with the ability to use e-mail and associated MS office programs.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and teamwork skills.

Desired

• Experience with wiring and hand-held tools.
• Demonstrates basic technical skills in electro-mechanical assembly.
• Ability to adapt quickly to fast-paced, constant changing production environment with flight hardware.

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, 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.

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