Senior Technician - New Glenn Component Test

About the role

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

Responsibilities

• Support development, qualification, and production test campaigns on various New Glenn spaceflight systems.
• Maintain a safety-first mindset while setting up and executing hazardous tests, including cryogenic, high voltage, and high-pressure systems.
• Independently fabricate and troubleshoot test rigs/systems as well as test harnesses.
• Support the team's equipment management and calibration.
• Support flight hardware production by evaluating test procedures and processes for efficiency and implementing improvements.

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in aerospace or related fields.
• Demonstrated mechanical skills such as welding, milling, lathe, drilling, torquing, soldering, crimping, and tube flaring and bending.
• Knowledge / experience with high pressure and/or cryogenic systems (gaseous and liquid).
• Ability to fabricate high pressure plumbing systems.
• Knowledge and experience with test operations procedures including hydraulic load control, hydro/pneumatic pressure control, and safe handling of flight parts.
• Able to install and operate instrumentation including strain gages, pressure transducers, load cells, thermocouples, RTDs, accelerometers, and analog circuitry.
• Able to read and understand mechanical drawings, blueprints, piping, and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), and wiring schematics.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
• Excellent judgment with demonstrated ability to recognize, report, and correct issues.
• Strong development background and experience working with limited instruction.
• Able to document and maintain accurate records with strict procedural compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• Preferred qualifications include 10+ years of applicable industry experience (launch vehicles, satellites, aircraft, motorsports, oil & gas).
• A&P license or equivalent experience in launch vehicle or propulsion system assembly and integration.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in design, operation, testing, or production of pressurized (up to 6000 psi), cryogenic, hydraulic, and/or mechanical systems.
• Strong knowledge of fluid components such as valves, regulators, actuators, servo-valves, and fittings.
• Experience performing electrical work and repairs per NASA-STD-8739.4, AC-43.13-1B or similar.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as ASME, OSHA, and local building standards.
• Familiarity with working precision clean hardware and systems in a cleanroom environment.
• Experience installing strain gages with a variety of adhesive types, including room-temperature and elevated-temperature cure.
• Experience with 3D CAD tools (CREO/PRO-E preferred) and ability to read and interpret GD&T per ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard.
• Experience operating heavy lifting equipment such as cranes and forklifts around flight critical hardware.

Skills

• Technical expertise in design, operation, testing, or production of pressurized (up to 6000 psi), cryogenic, hydraulic, and/or mechanical systems.
• Strong knowledge of fluid components such as valves, regulators, actuators, servo-valves, and fittings.
• Experience performing electrical work and repairs per NASA-STD-8739.4, AC-43.13-1B or similar.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as ASME, OSHA, and local building standards.
• Familiarity with working precision clean hardware and systems in a cleanroom environment.
• Experience installing strain gages with a variety of adhesive types, including room-temperature and elevated-temperature cure.
• Experience with 3D CAD tools (CREO/PRO-E preferred) and ability to read and interpret GD&T per ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard.
• Experience operating heavy lifting equipment such as cranes and forklifts around flight critical hardware.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability.
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%.
• Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week).
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Pay

Base Pay Range For WA applicants is $124,476.00 - $174,265.35 Other Site Ranges May Differ

Schedule

Not specified