Apprentice Propulsion Test Technician

Relativity Space•Stennis Space Center, MS

9d•$23 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

As an Apprentice Propulsion Test Technician, you will support daily test operations, including engine testing, building new test stand facilities, and modifying existing test stands. The role involves hands-on work installing, checking out, troubleshooting, and maintaining test stand equipment, fluid-system hardware, sensors, and other components. You will follow procedures, specifications, and test instructions, perform precision cleaning and disassembly of components, and help manage consumables, tooling, and equipment inventory. The Stennis Test team designs, builds, and operates propulsion and stage test stands. Its work includes large-scale systems such as integrated engines and stage assemblies, and contributes directly to flight readiness. This is a fast-paced, operational environment with close collaboration among technicians, operators, and engineers. The position is based at a government partner location in Stennis, Mississippi, and successful candidates must clear a US government-administered background check for onsite work. The role requires occasional night shifts, weekends, and possible travel, as well as the ability to lift at least 50 pounds unassisted and stand, stoop, bend, crawl, and maneuver in tight spaces.

Requirements

Basic experience in medium to heavy industrial maintenance, instrumentation, data and control systems, avionics hardware, and/or mechanical systems, or an associate degree in a related mechanical or electrical technical discipline.
Ability to operate a wide range of hand and power tools for fabrication operations.
Mechanical focus: experience with fluid or pneumatic systems and their components, and with mechanical components and their systems.
Instrumentation focus: experience with electronic circuits and sensors used to measure temperature, pressure, flow, displacement, and vibration.
Instrumentation focus: experience with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, and/or multimeters.
Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds unassisted and to stand for extended periods.
Ability to stoop, bend, crawl, and maneuver in tight spaces.
Ability to clear a US government-administered background check for onsite work at the government partner location in Stennis, Mississippi.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating industrial warehouse equipment.
Operational understanding of sensor types used to measure temperature, pressure, flow, and displacement.
Experience installing and repairing instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and/or avionics systems.
Experience fabricating, installing, and checking out fluid-system tubing and hardware.

Responsibilities

Perform installation, operational checkouts, troubleshooting, and maintenance of test stand equipment and hardware.
Fabricate, install, troubleshoot, and maintain fluid-system tubing and hardware.
Assemble, install, check out, and maintain components, including sensors used for fluid-system monitoring.
Perform work according to procedures, specifications, and test instructions.
Disassemble and precision-clean valves, regulators, and other components.
Monitor and maintain inventory of consumables, tooling, and equipment.