{"id":2984837,"url":"https://alion.io/job/firefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift","title":"Environmental Test Technician III, (2nd Shift)","company":{"id":63753,"name":"Firefly Aerospace","domain":"fireflyspace.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/firefly-aerospace-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Field & Service","role_family":"Field & Service","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cedar Park, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":39000,"max_usd":69000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":4621},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false},{"name":"MIL-STD-810","optional":false},{"name":"Outlook","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-20","last_verified_at":"2026-10-25T13:05:47Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE\nFirefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space - anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.\nSUMMARY\nWe are looking for an Environmental Test Technician III to join the Environmental Test Lab as part of the Advanced Materials department at Firefly Aerospace. You will apply your skill of utilizing thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal-vacuum chambers to support design, manufacturing, and testing activities by the company.\nThe candidate must be a self-starter who works well in a team environment and has excellent interpersonal skills. The candidate will form an integral part of a team of engineers and technicians that will be a focal point for the company. The candidate will be expected to learn the testing processes, apply their knowledge, maintain good record-keeping, and have good working relationships with team members.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nProvide technical support for running test equipment in the Environmental Test Lab, not limited to thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal vacuum chambers.\nHave expertise in running multiple environmental test laboratory areas (thermal, thermal vacuum, shock, vibration).\nProvide training for new hires to the environmental test lab on running the equipment.\nSet up and tear down of test equipment for each test.\nEnsure that all work performed is properly and completely documented in preparation for QA inspection.\nRead and interpret test procedures, process controls, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, drawings, manuals, blueprints, and engineering sketches.\nProvide feedback to Engineering on quality, discrepancy identification and process and design improvements.\nComply with the company FOD program, tool control program, 5-S program, and all safety regulations.\nSelf-monitor work progress against area benchmarks and achieve on time delivery of all work.\nCollaborate with test engineers to troubleshoot failures and issues derived from test data.\nPerform other related duties, as assigned, to ensure an efficient and effective work environment.\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\nRequired\nHigh school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in a related field preferred\n5+ years of experience in environmental testing or a similar role\nFamiliarity with testing equipment and procedures\nAbility to interpret and analyze test results\nStrong attention to detail and accuracy\nGood communication skills\nStrong hands on testing experience (dynamic and thermal environments) in an environmental test lab or college lab.\nTraining and/or experience in basic operation of an oscilloscope, multimeter, soldering wires & connectors, wire stripping, ohm's law, continuity testing, drilling & tapping holes, torque wrenches, DC power supplies, tape measures.\nSoftware/Computer Skills including Windows Operating Systems, and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).\nAbility to stand on feet for extended periods of time, lift 10-20 pounds regularly and 50-100 pounds occasionally.\nDesired\nExperience performing SRS Shock Testing\n4 Years+ Performing Vibration Testing\nA.S. in Metrology, Instrumentation, Physics, Math, Engineering, Technology or other STEM related fields.\nPrevious experience with a related industry utilizing MIL-STD-810G, SMC-S-016 or similar.\nKnowledge of one or more high-level general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to LabVIEW and Python.\nExperience building test racks and rack enclosures.\nWork Schedule\nThis is a 2nd shift position. Specific hours and shift details will be provided upon hire.\nSUMMARY\nWe are looking for an Environmental Test Technician III to join the Environmental Test Lab as part of the Advanced Materials department at Firefly Aerospace. You will apply your skill of utilizing thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal-vacuum chambers to support design, manufacturing, and testing activities by the company.\nThe candidate must be a self-starter who works well in a team environment and has excellent interpersonal skills. The candidate will form an integral part of a team of engineers and technicians that will be a focal point for the company. The candidate will be expected to learn the testing processes, apply their knowledge, maintain good record-keeping, and have good working relationships with team members.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nProvide technical support for running test equipment in the Environmental Test Lab, not limited to thermal chambers, vibration tables, shock tables, and thermal vacuum chambers.\nHave expertise in running multiple environmental test laboratory areas (thermal, thermal vacuum, shock, vibration).\nProvide training for new hires to the environmental test lab on running the equipment.\nSet up and tear down of test equipment for each test.\nEnsure that all work performed is properly and completely documented in preparation for QA inspection.\nRead and interpret test procedures, process controls, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, drawings, manuals, blueprints, and engineering sketches.\nProvide feedback to Engineering on quality, discrepancy identification and process and design improvements.\nComply with the company FOD program, tool control program, 5-S program, and all safety regulations.\nSelf-monitor work progress against area benchmarks and achieve on time delivery of all work.\nCollaborate with test engineers to troubleshoot failures and issues derived from test data.\nPerform other related duties, as assigned, to ensure an efficient and effective work environment.\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\nRequired\nHigh school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree in a related field preferred\n5+ years of experience in environmental testing or a similar role\nFamiliarity with testing equipment and procedures\nAbility to interpret and analyze test results\nStrong attention to detail and accuracy\nGood communication skills\nStrong hands on testing experience (dynamic and thermal environments) in an environmental test lab or college lab.\nTraining and/or experience in basic operation of an oscilloscope, multimeter, soldering wires & connectors, wire stripping, ohm's law, continuity testing, drilling & tapping holes, torque wrenches, DC power supplies, tape measures.\nSoftware/Computer Skills including Windows Operating Systems, and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).\nAbility to stand on feet for extended periods of time, lift 10-20 pounds regularly and 50-100 pounds occasionally.\nDesired\nExperience performing SRS Shock Testing\n4 Years+ Performing Vibration Testing\nA.S. in Metrology, Instrumentation, Physics, Math, Engineering, Technology or other STEM related fields.\nPrevious experience with a related industry utilizing MIL-STD-810G, SMC-S-016 or similar.\nKnowledge of one or more high-level general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to LabVIEW and Python.\nExperience building test racks and rack enclosures.\nWork Schedule\nThis is a 2nd shift position. Specific hours and shift details will be provided upon hire.\nFirefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.\nTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.\nFirefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8575,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Space & Aerospace"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T08:14:48Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":81,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:73","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/firefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/firefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T23:57:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":33885,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":63753},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=63753"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ffirefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ffirefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ffirefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/firefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ffirefly-aerospace-environmental-test-technician-iii-2nd-shift"}]}