Launch Integration Technician II (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government for on-site work at a government partner location.

Salary: $27.20–$40.80 USD per hour, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops rockets, launch infrastructure, and aerospace technologies, including the Terran R launch vehicle.

What you will do

• Perform mechanical and system-level assembly, integration, checkout, rework, and testing on Stage 1, Stage 2, and payload flight hardware.
• Inspect hardware configuration, fastener installation, torque applications, and secondary retention methods.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, fluid, avionics, and other off-nominal conditions with Engineering, Launch Operations, Quality, and technical teams.
• Read and execute engineering drawings, schematics, work instructions, and technical procedures while documenting work and discrepancies.
• Operate authorized material-handling and access equipment, including forklifts and aerial work platforms.
• Support vehicle readiness, Technical Operations, launch-site activities, and periodic field operations travel.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional aerospace mechanical or comparable hands-on technical experience in manufacturing, production, aviation, or a related environment.
• Experience working with flight, high-value, or controlled hardware under defined production, quality, or operational procedures.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, schematics, technical instructions, and manufacturing or assembly documentation.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical assembly, fastener installation, torque applications, secondary retention, or comparable precision assembly.
• Experience with mechanical or system-level testing, inspection, troubleshooting, or rework.
• Familiarity with avionics systems or electrical/mechanical interfaces in integrated hardware environments.

Nice to have

• Experience at a rocket launch facility, propulsion test stand, aircraft maintenance facility, or comparable aerospace environment.
• Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, or repairing complex mechanical or fluid systems, including tube routing or tube bending.
• Experience with calibrated measurement and test equipment such as multimeters, calipers, micrometers, torque wrenches, depth gauges, or load cells.
• Authorization and experience operating overhead cranes, forklifts, or aerial work platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, and corporate teams on Terran R launch operations.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, parental leave, and an annual learning and development stipend.
• Work includes hands-on launch-site operations and periodic travel for field operations.