Facilities Maintenance Manufacturing Engineering Intern (Aerospace)

Location: Auckland, New Zealand; onsite in the Auckland Production Complex

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical aerospace subsystems.

What you will do

• Establish standard formats and create detailed work instructions for Planned Preventative Maintenance activities, including Single Point of Failure equipment and critical manufacturing systems.
• Validate instructions through hands-on maintenance activities with trained technicians in real production environments and refine them using feedback.
• Release work instructions into the CMMS and collaborate with the Enterprise Information Systems team on system integration.
• Develop training materials, templates, and process maps that can be adopted across multiple hirify.global facilities.
• Support Power BI reporting for maintenance KPIs within the AS9100 quality structure and prepare process documentation and handover materials.

Requirements

• Currently studying or recently completed a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, operations, aerospace, aeronautical engineering, or a related field.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills, with the ability to create clear instructions for technicians with different experience levels.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to create process maps and flowcharts, manage time independently, and deliver tasks by assigned deadlines.
• Comfort working in a production or manufacturing environment and following health and safety procedures.
• Ability to collaborate with maintenance technicians, engineers, and IT staff while proactively seeking clarification and feedback.

Nice to have

• Experience with mechanical equipment, maintenance, manufacturing, or operations.
• Understanding of CMMS, ERP, or maintenance management software such as Infor, SAP, or Maximo.
• Familiarity with Planned Preventative Maintenance, reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or continuous improvement methods such as Lean, TPM, or RCM.
• Experience with Power BI or other data visualisation tools and knowledge of AS9100 or other aerospace quality standards.
• Hands-on workshop or manufacturing experience and an interest in aerospace or space technology.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on experience developing permanent maintenance infrastructure for aerospace manufacturing.
• Opportunity to create systems and processes used across multiple hirify.global facilities.
• Mentorship from maintenance professionals and manufacturing engineers.
• Exposure to aerospace manufacturing equipment and real production operations.
• Cross-functional collaboration with maintenance, engineering, and IT teams.
• Potential pathway to future roles in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or operations management.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter explaining interest in the specific role and citing a relevant project, experience, or hobby.
• Applications and interviews are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• For New Zealand roles, background and nationality checks are completed before an employment offer because access to ITAR-regulated equipment and data is required.