Composite Technician I-III (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite at hirify.global's Albuquerque, New Mexico site, United States. The role may require travel or work on other local hirify.global products.

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace company building rockets, spacecraft, payloads, and critical spaceflight subsystems.

What you will do

• Assemble composite structures, including bonding, fastening, and mechanical hardware integration.
• Laminate assemblies by determining the correct placement of composite materials.
• Prepare parts for vacuum-bag processing with bleeders, thermocouples, probes, and vacuum connections.
• Perform bonding, vacuum-bag processing, and oven or autoclave curing.
• Create basic layouts and verify dimensions using calipers, micrometers, precision scales, and torque wrenches.
• Fit honeycomb, foam, and syntactic cores, and refurbish thermal protection systems.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Technician II: 2+ years of experience with composites or laminations, military equipment maintenance, or electronics/mechanical troubleshooting and manufacturing equipment repair.
• Technician III: 5+ years of experience in one of the relevant composite, military maintenance, electronics, mechanical troubleshooting, or manufacturing equipment repair areas.
• For work in a U.S. office, candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. government authorizations under ITAR.
• Ability to stand or walk for at least 8 hours, climb ladders, work in tight spaces, and perform repetitive bending, twisting, crawling, grasping, pulling, and pushing.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds unassisted.

Nice to have

• 8+ years of experience with composites or laminations.
• Basic math skills and familiarity with pneumatic tools, hand tools, power tools, calipers, micrometers, and precision measurement instruments.
• Experience reading drilling, laminating, and assembly prints and working with material data sheets.
• Shop organization, cleanliness, and proper use of personal protective equipment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on spacecraft, payloads, and components supporting ambitious space missions.
• Collaborative, hands-on environment focused on teamwork, innovation, and high-quality execution.
• Work under pressure and to tight deadlines while supporting complex aerospace hardware programs.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support are available for the U.S. application and interview process.