Senior Multi-Disciplinary Technician

The role

You will build, integrate, and test hardware in a rocket factory. You will work across disciplines including plumbing, wiring, machining, welding, and testing flight hardware and test stands.

What you will do

• Assemble and integrate structural, mechanical, propulsion, fluid, and avionics subassemblies.
• Perform engine installation and thrust-structure and aft-end integration.
• Build, install, and leak-check flight and ground fluid systems.
• Fabricate, route, terminate and test wire harnesses and electromechanical assemblies.
• Run pressurized, pneumatic, and cryogenic operations.
• Set up and operate instrumentation and data acquisition.
• Lead fault isolation across mechanical, fluid, and electrical boundaries.
• Set up and run manual mills, lathes, drill presses, surface grinders and saws.
• Operate CNC mills and lathes for short-run and prototype work.
• Weld flight hardware, GSE and tooling.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on technician experience in aerospace, launch vehicles, aviation, energy, motorsports, or a similar high-reliability industry
• High school diploma or GED, or related vocational/technical education.
• Expert-level skill in at least two of the following: mechanical assembly, fluid systems, cryogenic and high-pressure operations, electrical/avionics, machining, welding, test and instrumentation, rigg
• Ability to read and work from engineering drawings, GD&T, P&IDs, electrical schematics and work instructions.
• Proficient use of calibrated tools, including torque wrenches, micrometers, calipers, height and depth gauges, and multimeters.
• Ability to set up and run manual mills and lathes to drawing tolerances.
• Ability to obtain and keep forklift, overhead crane, and aerial-lift qualifications.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lb unassisted, stand for extended periods, work at heights and in confined spaces, and work around high-pressure and cryogenic systems.

Nice to have

• FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certificate.
• Workmanship certifications such as IPC/WHMA-A-620, J-STD-001 or NASA-STD-8739.4.
• AWS or ASME Section IX GTAW welding certifications, or comparable aerospace welding qualifications.
• Machining trade certificate; experience with Haas, Fanuc or Mazak controls and CAM such as Siemens NX, Fusion 360, or Mastercam.
• Rocket engine or turbomachinery assembly and test, or launch vehicle integration and launch-pad operations experience.
• Experience standing up a new factory, test site, or production line, including equipment installation and commissioning.
• Military technical background (aviation maintenance, nuclear, missile systems).
• Lean or continuous improvement experience; familiarity with MES/ERP systems and reading CAD models.

Benefits

• Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Paid time off
• 10 paid holidays per calendar year
• Paid parental leave
• Relocation assistance if applicable
• Daily lunch in the office
• Fully stocked kitchen with beverages and snacks

Before you apply

• Applicants 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. Depar

About the company

Cowboy Space Corporation is building the infrastructure for abundant, resilient space-based solar energy. The company is based in San Carlos, CA.