2nd Shift - Propulsion Technician

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in propulsion assembly on high reliability products (aerospace enviroment)
• Experience with welding (mid-welding, tig-welding)
• Experience with functional testing of produce, signal, ATP testing
• Experience with hand tools such as torque wrenches, screwdrivers, scales

Job Description

We are looking for a Propulsion Technician to join one of our aerospace clients in El Segundo. Their main responsibility is to execute orbital‑tube welding for satellite propulsion systems. In addition, the technician will carry out various fabrication, integration, and testing tasks for space‑flight hardware and related support equipment.

This is a 2nd Shift, 9/80 position, 3PM - 12AM.

Position Responsibilities:

• Perform Orbital tube welding for the fabrication of tube subassemblies and final propulsion tank closeouts
• Assemble, install, test, route/terminate/stake/wrap thermistors, heaters, non‐flight thermocouples and heaters on spacecraft assemblies by interpreting blueprints, engineering drawings and specifications, and written assembly, integration, and test procedures
• Visually inspect propulsion assemblies to drawings, engineering specifications, and written assembly, and test procedure
• Operate various materials handling equipment including forklifts, overheads cranes, aerial lift equipment, flight vehicle and sub-assembly transportation equipment, truck/tractor trailer combinations and other GSE as required
• Capable of operating a wide range of tools: orbital tube welding machines, tack welding machines, drill press, grinders, power and hand tools