Space Rocket Installation Technician (25 openings)

Up to 25 openings on multiple shifts immediately available.

Compensation : Up to $46 / hour plus overtime (10 hours weekly is available) 11 paid holidays, multiple weeks PTO, and full healthcare benefits.

Location : Huntsville, Alabama. These positions are 100% onsite at a space rocket facility with no possibility of remote or work-from-home.

Positions are 6-24 month contract-to-hire opportunities with high possibility to convert to FTE.

Contact info@rainierrecruiting.com for more information and for access to over 100+ other openings in space and aerospace.

As part of a hardworking team technicians and engineers, you will build human rated orbital launch vehicles. This is a boots-on-the-ground, hands-on-hardware, assembly technician role.

This is for the tinkers, the makers, the creatives, the pioneers, the problem solvers, those who own their role as if they are going to fly on the vehicle.

We are building a road to space, and a rocket that approximates the size of the Saturn V. The path is long, with challenges at every step of the way.

Opportunities to do extraordinary things, make a difference, and leave a lasting legacy are limited only by your ability and desire to grasp them.

Here, if you’re bored, you’re not doing it right.

On our team, we are resilient, agile, committed to overcoming obstacles, reliable, professional, growing, ingenious, collaborative, tenacious, and diligent.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.

Passion for our mission and vision is required!

If you share our passions and vision, thrive in a dynamic startup environment, excel on integrated cross-functional teams of diverse individuals, are experienced and skilled in several relevant technologies (even if perhaps not in the aerospace industry), continuously seek out opportunities to learn and improve, and do not allow title or job description to limit the depth or breadth of your contributions, then we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Precision assembly of rocket engine components : combustion devices, valves, turbomachinery, avionics, test
• Root cause and diagnostic component disassembly, repair, and work
• Nitrogen and Helium leak testing
• Preparation for environmental testing
• Hydro proof structural testing of components
• Creating and maintaining strict cleanliness requirements (liquid / gaseous oxygen compatibility)
• Support the design, procurement, installation, and integration of custom manufacturing and test equipment
• Help maintain inventory of tooling and equipment
• Safely work with hazardous systems, chemicals, and high-pressure operations
• Define how to prepare hardware for test, qualification, and flight
• Identify, develop, and deploy new manufacturing methods (or refine existing) to improve quality, reduce cost, and optimize build schedule
• Support the development of manufacturing work instructions to clearly define the following manufacturing processes : receiving inspection, fabrication, assembly, test,and integration, and refurbishment
• Identify non-conformances and escapes, support and deploy corrective actions

Minimum Qualifications :

• 2 to 4 years of manufacturing or engine assembly experience
• Mastery of precision and tight tolerance assembly
• Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings
• Extensive experience reading and understanding specifications and detailed work instructions
• Proven experience and successful track record in developing new processes
• Strong written, personal, technical, and software skills (CAD, Scheduling, Issue Tracking, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc)
• Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately at all levels of the organization
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our culture of inclusion
• Physical Requirements :
• Climb ladders and stairs
• Lift and carry 50 lbs. for limited durations
• Work schedule may vary depending on business need
• Remain flexible by working overtime and weekends (when necessary)
• Able and willing to travel for the first 6-12 months for training.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’

t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who is Rainier Recruiting?

Rainier Recruiting is a boutique, award winning national staffing agency and executive search firm. Using an approach that “treats every

candidate like an executive search”, we offer positions in contract-to-hire, Full-Time, and executive search. Named the #1 Best Workplace in Washington State in 2022, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by multiple business journals, Rainier Recruiting is fast becoming a respected company.

We are no longer the “best recruiters you have never heard of”. Rainier Recruiting is also proud to share our clients have a 93% repeat business rate.

Rainier Recruiting is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class.

We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent.

We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of every organization that we partner with.