Pyrometry and Furnace Systems Technician

Step into a day on our heat‑treat floor

It’s 6:30 a.m. in San Diego. You badge in at Zenix Aerospace Jet Products, scan the production schedule, and stage your first calibration. By 7:00 a.m., you’re verifying instruments, preparing SAT/TUS/MMI activities, and tuning controllers so gas and electric furnaces hit spec the first time. Before lunch, you’ve mapped process characteristics, documented a T/C or SUT result, and coordinated a short maintenance window that keeps production flowing. By 3:00 p.m., your logs, drawings, and survey schedules are updated—and a fleet of furnaces is ready for the next shift.

Where you’ll work

Facility: Jet Products, San Diego, CA
Shift: 1st Shift (6:30am – 3:00pm) Monday - Friday

About Zenix Aerospace

Zenix Aerospace is a global partner to leading aerospace and space companies, delivering structural airframe and engine components with a relentless focus on quality, safety, and on‑time performance across sites in the US, UK, and Southeast Asia. Our team blends deep engineering heritage with modern digital innovation—keeping aircraft and space systems flying safely and efficiently.

About Jet Products

Our Jet Products operation manufactures complex machined rings and ring components in titanium, nickel, cobalt, stainless, and aluminum alloys. Using near‑net shape blanks from about 2 to 180 inches in diameter, we support turbine engine parts, nacelle mounting and attach rings, duct fittings, nacelle and thrust reverser structures, and various turbine engine rings and cases.

What you’ll do

• Calibrate furnaces and heat‑treat processes to customer requirements; diagnose and fix issues using manuals, OEM specifications, and the right tools.
• Operate both gas and electric furnaces; perform, assist with, and complete maintenance. Disassemble, repair or replace faulty parts, reassemble safely, and adjust for top quality and throughput.
• Execute system integration and wiring with instrumentation; install instruments, apply field revisions, and tune controls for stable performance.
• Run routine preventive maintenance to keep equipment reliable and efficient.
• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment to troubleshoot malfunctions.
• Regulate and monitor advanced process controls; map process characteristics and turbulent disturbances on gas furnaces.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards; maintain accurate records for processes and results.
• Review the production plan and time adjustments to minimize impact on operations.
• Record all maintenance and repairs; manage schedule requirements for furnace SUT/TUS/T/C and MMI surveys; coordinate assignments for furnace work.
• Keep documentation and drawings current for furnaces, instruments, and racks.
• Show up reliably; work overtime as needed; follow direction and safety rules; collaborate well; uphold company policies and goals; accept feedback; set goals; and demonstrate initiative and commitment.

What you bring

• Hands‑on knowledge of furnaces, heat‑treat processes, and turbulent flow profiles.
• Working knowledge of SAT, TUS, MMI, and ISC’s.
• Comfort with PCs and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with thermal‑system measurement devices.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED, or equivalent education and experience.
• 3–5 years of prior heat‑treat experience.
• Manufacturing background preferred; machine‑shop experience is a plus.

Why Zenix

Join a tight‑knit, collaborative team with a market‑led base salary, comprehensive benefits, wellness programs, employee recognition, matching 401(k), paid vacation, tuition reimbursement, and opportunities to get involved in the community.

You should be proficient in:

• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment

Compliance notes

If offer of employment is made it will be contingent upon passing all of the following: Drug Test, Background Check,ITAR and U.S. Export Compliance Screening.

Equal Opportunity Employer: minority/female/disability/veteran

Access to our facility (and, therefore, employment) is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. refugees, asylees or temporary residents under amnesty provisions [as defined in 8 USC 1324b(a)(3)] and properly licensed foreign persons. Applicants receiving a conditional offer of employment will be required to provide information to determine whether they are subject to these regulations and, if so, to assess their country of chargeability for trade compliance control purposes. Additionally, potential employee’s names will be screened against the Consolidated Screening List (maintained by the United States government) to determine eligibility to receive technical data.