Integration Technician

The Role

You'll lead day-to-day shop operations and help build our operations system, including:

• Aid in the assembly and integration of precision aerospace hardware — working side-by-side with senior technicians on first-of-kind flight articles, following and improving work instructions, and developing hands-on fluency with build documentation and flight-quality standards from day one.
• Support inspection, kitting, and hardware traceability — receiving, verifying, and staging parts with lot/serial discipline, contributing to in-process checks, and keeping a first-generation spacecraft build audit-ready.
• Aid in GSE/EGSE fabrication, harness builds, and hands-on soldering across development hardware, flatsat, and EGSE — following IPC workmanship standards and contributing to the electrical integration backbone that ties the vehicle together.
• Support environmental test campaigns — configuring, fixturing, and closing out TVAC, thermal, and vibration test setups while developing fluency with test procedures, data review, and hardware handling standards.
• Write NCRs for process gaps identified during build — capturing root cause and corrective action inputs that sharpen the playbook for future vehicles.
• Stand up manufacturing and shop systems that don't yet exist — tool control, shadowboarding, calibration tracking, inventory organization, bin systems, consumables procurement, and 5S discipline across the floor.
• Own receiving and put-away end-to-end — receiving inspection, kitting to point of use, and lot/serial traceability for incoming parts.
• Collaborate with technicians and engineers to stage fixtures, tooling, and materials ahead of builds, and assist with light fabrication, match-drilling, painting, and general shop operations — all within EHS, ESD, and contamination control standards.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on operations, facilities, or manufacturing support experience in a hardware environment (aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, or similarly rigorous industry) with strong documentation discipline
• IPC certifications relevant to aerospace electronic assembly at the CIS (Certified IPC Specialist) level or higher — IPC J-STD-001 with Space Applications Addendum (J-STD-001ES) for soldered electrical and electronic assemblies, IPC/WHMA-A-620 with Space Addendum for cable and wire harness assembly, IPC-A-610 with Space Addendum for electronic assembly inspection and acceptance, and/or IPC-7711/7721 for rework, modification, and repair
• NASA workmanship training accepted alongside or in lieu of the IPC equivalents — NASA-STD-8739.3 (soldered electrical connections) and NASA-STD-8739.4 (crimping, interconnecting cables, harnesses, and wiring)
• Demonstrated ability to independently own shop organization, 5S, or workcell standardization and point to a space they made measurably better
• Proven experience placing POs, working with vendors like McMaster, Grainger, and Uline, tracking deliveries, and closing the loop on receiving
• Strong organizational instincts: can look at a cluttered area and independently produce a layout, bin plan, and labeling scheme without guidance
• Comfortable operating common shop and lab tools (hand tools, cordless power tools, drill press, measurement tools, basic fabrication for crates, fixtures, and racks)
• Experience with receiving operations: inspecting incoming goods, documenting nonconformances, and routing parts to the correct storage or point of use
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment with high ownership, relentless attention to detail, strong prioritization, and minimal supervision
• Strong written communication and organizational habits
• Extreme curiosity and willingness to learn new things beyond scope

Desired Experience

• Experience supporting aerospace, satellite, launch vehicle, hypersonic, or other flight-hardware build programs
• Familiarity with inventory / ERP / MRP / MES systems (Heliux, Manufacturo, First Resonance, Boltline, NetSuite, Fishbowl, or similar) and basic PN/BOM hygiene
• Experience specifying or building shadowboards, tool control systems, or tool cribs from scratch
• Experience coordinating facility vendors: installers, contractors, freight forwarders, etc
• Familiarity with domestic shipping requirements for sensitive or high-value hardware (packaging, handling, documentation)
• Forklift, pallet jack, and overhead crane experience; OSHA 10/30 a plus
• Basic machining familiarity (manual mill, lathe, bandsaw, router) — enough to fabricate a bracket, a fixture, or a shipping jig without pulling an engineer off their build
• Early-stage startup experience, especially as an early operations hire building process from scratch