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Venus Aerospace

Develops hypersonic propulsion for terrestrial transport

Aerospace Integration Technician

PropulsionConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHouston, TX, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with precision-machined components, such as rocket engines, internal combustion engines, jet engines, valves, or high-pressure fluid systems.
  • Ability to interpret complex computer-aided design drawings, schematics, assembly models, fluid-system diagrams, and engineering work instructions.
  • Skill using precision tools, including calipers, micrometers, height gauges, borescopes, dial indicators, torque tools, and alignment instruments.
  • Experience assembling and integrating fluid systems.
  • Familiarity with clean-build standards, contamination control, and aerospace-quality mechanical workmanship.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, and fluid subsystems.
  • Comfort working in a rapidly evolving research and development environment and contributing to repeatable production processes.
  • High attention to detail, communication skills, and a safety-first mindset.
  • Desire to learn and teach hard-earned skills.

Responsibilities

  • Perform detailed assembly, alignment, and integration of propulsion-system hardware, including combustion components, fluid routing, and instrumentation.
  • Execute precision mechanical operations, including torquing, clocking, fixturing, alignment verification, and critical-to-quality measurements throughout builds.
  • Identify workflow improvements, create repeatable procedures, and support development of build processes, early production tooling, and fixtures.
  • Integrate electrical harnessing, sensors, and instrumentation while attending to routing, shielding, and environmental constraints.
  • Conduct system-level checkouts, including leak checks, continuity tests, pressure checks, and instrumentation validation.
  • Support test operations by preparing hardware, performing configuration changes, troubleshooting system issues, and ensuring integration integrity.
  • Document builds and deviations, and collaborate with engineering to refine designs, tolerances, and manufacturability.
  • Help establish best practices from prototype hardware installation through a stable production baseline system.

Desired Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience assembling and integrating liquid-propellant rocket engines or pressure-fed propulsion systems, including injectors, valves, manifolds, ignition hardware, and high-pressure fluid plumbing.
  • Ability to validate precision tolerances, torque specifications, flange alignment, seal interfaces, and pressure-rated fittings during propulsion hardware build-up.
  • Troubleshooting experience using leak-check signatures, pressure-flow data, instrumentation readings, electrical continuity results, and mechanical alignment measurements to identify root causes across propulsion subsystems.
  • Experience developing or refining assembly sequences, quality-control checkpoints, torque patterns, contamination-control steps, and test-readiness procedures for propulsion hardware.
  • Familiarity designing or improving propulsion-assembly tooling and fixtures, such as alignment jigs, routing guides, leak-check adapters, and fixtures for injector or manifold installations.
  • Comfort integrating harnessing, sensors, ignition systems, and test instrumentation with appropriate shielding, routing, connector clocking, and thermal-protection considerations.
  • Ability to support early-stage propulsion development by documenting as-built configurations, deviations, configuration changes, and test-driven design feedback.
  • Experience working with tight-tolerance prototype propulsion hardware where precise fit-up, cleanliness, proper torque, and controlled routing are critical to hot-fire success.

About the Company

Venus Aerospace

Develops hypersonic propulsion for terrestrial transport

Venus Aerospace focuses on making hypersonic travel possible for terrestrial use, aiming to enable one-hour global transport. The core product is a cost-effective hypersonic engine designed to power aircraft capable of extremely high speeds. The engine technology is developed to be sold or licensed to aircraft manufacturers or airline operators, generating revenue through B2B sales. Unlike others in the field, Venus emphasizes affordability and practicality, backed by a team with strong rocket science and engineering backgrounds. The goal is to shorten travel times globally while improving safety and transforming how people and goods move around the world.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Series B
Total funding
$130.7M
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
2020

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