Mechanical Technician (Aerospace)

Location: Houston, United States; onsite at the SSDF facility

Company

hirify.global develops commercial human spaceflight services, advanced spacesuits, and next-generation orbital infrastructure.

What you will do

• Fabricate, assemble, install, inspect, and maintain ground support equipment and facility hardware for spacesuit operations.
• Interpret engineering models, blueprints, wiring diagrams, assembly prints, schematics, specifications, and test procedures.
• Operate precision measurement tools, hand tools, power tools, forklifts, overhead cranes, and other lifting equipment.
• Assemble and check out spacecraft mechanical, electrical, and fluid components.
• Collaborate with engineers and technicians to develop assembly work instructions and hardware processing procedures.
• Identify issues, recommend solutions, maintain clean-room and safety standards, and support continuous improvement.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of hands-on technical experience in aviation or aerospace, working with test, flight, and safety-critical hardware assemblies.
• Experience in aerospace manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, piping and tubing installation, test-facility rig work, and ground support equipment operations.
• Experience routing, installing, and checking out instrumentation and electrical harnesses; familiarity with pressure systems and metallic and non-metallic hardware.
• Proficiency with torque wrenches, calipers, micrometers, depth gauges, and optical measuring instruments.
• Must meet applicable U.S. export-control screening requirements for access to ITAR, EAR, or NASA-controlled technical data.

Nice to have

• Industry certification, trade-school training, or a related degree.
• Clean-room experience.
• Ability to mentor less experienced technicians.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work supporting commercial human spaceflight, spacesuits, and orbital infrastructure.
• Collaboration with engineers and multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Work may take place indoors or outdoors depending on the task.
• Evening and weekend work may be required to meet critical project milestones.
• Work includes extended periods of sitting or standing and occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.