Composites Technician Lead (Aerospace)

Location: San Francisco, United States; in-office five days per week is essential

Salary: $115,000–$150,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a vertically integrated aerospace company developing high-speed airframe and propulsion systems for sustainable supersonic transport and United States government applications.

What you will do

• Lead composite technicians on the manufacturing floor, set workmanship standards, and oversee daily build activities.
• Build and scale the airframe manufacturing operation, including facilities, workflows, tooling, equipment, consumables, staffing, and floor layout.
• Perform and supervise layup, bagging, infusion, curing, bonding, trimming, drilling, and assembly of airframe structures.
• Work with manufacturing and design engineers to convert build plans into practical shop-floor processes and provide design-for-manufacturing feedback.
• Establish repeatable practices for material handling, out-time control, kitting, cleanliness, consumables, cure records, quality checks, and non-conformance documentation.
• Interview, onboard, train, and develop technicians while supporting first-article builds and introducing new processes and materials.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on composite fabrication experience in aerospace, defense, marine, motorsports, or another high-performance manufacturing environment, including at least two years directing other technicians.
• Advanced practical experience with prepreg, wet layup, vacuum bagging, resin infusion, oven and autoclave cure, secondary bonding, core materials, trimming, drilling, sanding, fairing, and fitting.
• Experience with composite detail-part joining, adhesive bonding, shimming, fastener installation, and composite-to-metal joints.
• Ability to work from engineering drawings, ply books, CAD models, and changing build definitions, and to write clear work instructions.
• Experience running builds to schedule, managing quality at the source, supporting first articles, and identifying when designs cannot be built as drawn.
• Physical ability to work full shifts on foot, lift materials, use a respirator, and move around large structures.

Nice to have

• Experience standing up a composite shop or new build cell from scratch.
• Experience in a development or prototype shop where build definitions changed frequently.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, in-office work five days per week to support collaboration and company culture.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with Flexible Spending Accounts.
• 401(k) program and transparent stock option plan.
• Self-managed flexible time off, PTO, paid holidays, and sick time.
• Flat, pragmatic engineering culture focused on building reliable aerospace systems.