Structures Integration Technician
Los Angeles, CA
Manufacturing – Technicians /
Full-time /
On-site
Hermeus is an aerospace and defense technology company founded to radically accelerate air travel by delivering hypersonic aircraft. The company aims to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly and cost-effectively by integrating hardware-rich, iterative development with modern computing and autonomy. This approach has been validated through design, build, and test of the company’s first combined turbojet-ramjet engine and is now being scaled through its first flight vehicle program, Quarterhorse. Hermeus is also developing Darkhorse — an uncrewed hypersonic aircraft designed to deliver unique asymmetric capabilities to the warfighter.
The Manufacturing Team at Hermeus are the boots on the ground. We have a vast array of experiences ranging from welding, additive, tube bending, machining, integration, and avionics. We are a lean team who are responsible for building a vehicle that will fly. We provide crucial design feedback to our engineering team and can rapidly iterate on design and assembly.
As a Structures Integration Technician, you will play a critical role in the hands-on assembly, integration, and testing of flight and ground hardware. This role requires someone equally comfortable working across structures, fluids, inventory, and manufacturing tasks, as needed. You’ll be expected to bring deep technical expertise, excellent judgment, and a self-starting attitude to a highly collaborative team in a fast-paced, low-oversight environment.
We’re seeking someone who’sopen-minded, adaptive, and eager to contribute across domains to help bring complex systems from concept to reality.
Responsibilities:
- Take full ownership of work orders, quality buyoffs, and material handling, including occasional support in inventory and materials control when needed.
- Execute a wide variety of mechanical and electromechanical sub-assemblies, as well as full system-level integration tasks with minimal instruction.
- Perform critical structural operations: drilling, reaming, countersinking, deburring, and installing precision fasteners per spec.
- Install, troubleshoot, and maintainfluid, pneumatic, and electromechanical systems, including leak checks, ATP, and light electrical harnessing.
- Provide cross-functional support across departments—whether that’s jumping in on a build, troubleshooting a test setup, or organizing work centers.
- Build and refine custom tooling and fixtures for one-off builds or repeatable operations, contributing to build readiness and safety.
- Deliver in-the-moment engineering feedback, and proactively redline work instructions or flag inefficiencies to continuously improve processes.
- Drive process improvement initiatives—applying your generalist lens to find cycle time reductions, streamline flows, and simplify complex tasks.
- Operate independently in a dynamic environment where priorities change rapidly; bring a flexible, "do what’s needed" mindset every day.
Minimum Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in aerospace, startup, or fast-paced prototyping/manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated experience in both flight hardware assembly and production support, including system-level troubleshooting.
- Ability to work across a wide range of technical areas including fluids, inventory support, structural assembly, and manufacturing.
- Strong proficiency with engineering drawings, schematics, GD&T, and hands-on fabrication.
- Familiarity with shop tools, rigging, GSE, and component-level ATP/proof testing.
- Highly self-directed with a track record of working independently and taking initiative without constant oversight.
- Strong understanding and practice of 5S, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement principles.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- A&P license preferred
- CAD/CAM experience a plus
- Sheet metal bending experience
- Prior experience with full systems development
- Willingness to travel for offsite test or build support
$31 - $52 an hour
The salary information provided is a general guideline only. Hermeus takes various factors into account, including, but not limited to, the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate's professional background, education and training, essential skills, and market and business considerations, when presenting a job offer.
Salary is only one part of our total compensation and benefits package. Hermeus offers competitive salary and equity, unlimited PTO policy, paid parental leave, potential for year-end bonuses, and more!
100% employer-paid health care
401k & Retirement Plans
Weekly Paid Office Lunches
End of Year Bonuses
Fully stocked breakrooms
Stock Options
Paid Parental Leave
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U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. US persons include U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Hermeus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions at Hermeus are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to 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.
