Welders - Aerospace Manufacturing Industry

Orbital Welder

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With the first commercial lunar landing in history, multiple NASA lunar missions in development, and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting our customers and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety.

We are seeking a skilled and innovative Orbital GTAW tube welder to join our team who is capable of welding on critical spacecraft thin-walled Inconel, Titanium and Stainless-Steel tubes. The ideal candidate will possess both welding expertise and engineering knowledge to work on specialized space parts and hardware. Experience operating the AMI M217 and the Polysoude P4-4 orbital welding machines preferred.

Working in a spacecraft building clean room environment.

Experience in the use of tools for visual weld inspection.

Experience with Microsoft office, Word, Excel, Outlook, and MS teams.

Collaborate with engineering teams to help design and test space components, ensuring they meet technical specifications and mission requirements.

Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, and technical specifications to determine welding and fabrication requirements.

Utilize engineering principles to analyze and solve welding-related problems.

Operate and maintain orbital welding equipment ensuring they are in optimal condition.

Conduct visual inspections of welded joints to ensure they meet strict quality standards and compliance with space industry regulations.

Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance welding and fabrication processes, efficiency, and quality.

Operator will be required to achieve defect-free X-ray quality welds working to AWS D17.Technical training or certification in welding preferred. No degree is also applicable with years of experience.

Minimum of 2-5 years of orbital welding experience, with a focus on aerospace or space industry components.

Welding materials commonly used in aerospace applications, such as Titanium Ti-6Al-4V, Aluminum 6061, 316L Stainless Steel, and Inconel Alloy 625.

Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.