Avionics and Payload Assembly Technician

Job overview

The Avionics and Payload Assembly Technician role is onsite at Urban Sky’s Denver, CO headquarters, with pay of $28–$32 per hour. The posting describes variable 8–12-hour day shifts Monday through Friday, frequent schedule changes, and required overtime that typically accounts for 30–40% of annual hours. Urban Sky designs, builds, and operates stratospheric balloon systems, including systems used for wildfire monitoring and urban mapping. The technician assembles, tests, troubleshoots, and refurbishes payload and avionics systems for production and research-and-development flight operations, working with the Lead Technician and hardware engineering team.

What you'll do

• Manufacture and integrate electromechanical assemblies
• conduct semi-automated testing of completed assemblies
• troubleshoot and track manufacturing issues with assistance from Electrical Engineering
• support assembly and refurbishment of payload and avionics systems.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

avionics assembly

payload assembly

denver co

urban sky

$28–$32/hr

full-time

variable day shifts

8–12-hour shifts

required overtime

electromechanical assembly

semi-automated testing

u.s. citizen or permanent resident

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 15 accrued vacation days
• paid holidays
• cell phone bill stipend.

Why this role

Requires U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status, commuting distance to Denver, and a valid Colorado driver’s license. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, accrued vacation, paid holidays, and a cell phone bill stipend.

About the employer

Urban Sky Stratosphere is hiring for this role. Industry: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing. Sector: 33.