How to hire a missile technician

How to hire a missile technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step missile technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a missile technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new missile technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your missile technician job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a missile technician for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

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   A missile technician's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, missile technicians from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of missile technicians.

   Type of Missile Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Missile Technician		$11-51

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Support Systems
   • Hydraulic Systems
   • Troubleshoot
   • Electronic Systems
   • Corrective Maintenance
   • Fire Control Systems
   • Support Equipment
   • Voltage Regulators
   • Rectifiers
   • Personnel Reliability Program
   • Pneumatic Systems
   • Ssbn
   • Electrical Systems
   • SWS

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage and maintain communication networks between the firing battery and higher echelon units.
   • Serve as a re-enlistment NCO.
   • Assist in preparation of the battery for operations.
   • Used schematics and troubleshot repair failures in MLRS hardware.
   • Fulfill a range of aviation duties for both combat and peacekeeping missions.
   • Operate, test, maintain, troubleshot, and repair ballistic missile weapons systems.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your missile technician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A missile technician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, missile technicians' average salary in wyoming is 47% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level missile technicians earn 78% less than senior-level missile technicians.
   • Certifications. A missile technician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a missile technician's salary.

   Average missile technician salary

   $51,648yearly

   $24.83 hourly rate

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   Entry-level missile technician salary

   $24,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

4. Writing a missile technician job description

   A good missile technician job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a missile technician job description:

   Missile technician job description example

   ASRC Federal System Solutions seeks a **Spacecraft/Missile Technician, Senior** for critical defense project work to train at Kennedy Space Center and travel to Cortland, Alabama for approximately 6-9 months with travel back and forth to Kennedy Space Center throughout project.
   
   ASRC Federal System Solutions brings a 14-year history of delivering high-performance space systems engineering, integration and satellite operations services to civil and defense agencies.
   
   ASRC Federal System Solutions provides these services throughout all phases of the program life cycle and across the entire space systems architecture, including space and ground assets.
   **Job Summary:**
   
   Technicians operate and maintain systems and equipment used in the developing, fabricating, testing, producing, assembling, and sustaining spacecraft/missile systems used to transport astronauts to interplanetary destinations beyond low Earth orbit such as the Moon and Mars. Technicians in this occupational family may have a wide breadth of knowledge in various Facility and Ground Support Equipment (GSE) & spacecraft systems and/or a specific depth of knowledge in a craft, system, or subsystem. Excludes quality assurance inspectors and material handlers.
   
   **Roles and Responsibilities:**
   
   + Performs a range of duties in the mechanical, electromechanical, and Facilities GSE when constructing and assembling spacecraft and associated ground support equipment.
   
   + Reads, interprets, and works from blueprints, schematics, engineering documents, work authorization documents and other written or verbal instructions.
   
   + Constructs, assembles, troubleshoots, calibrates, adjusts, tests, diagnoses, repairs and maintain equipment, components and subcomponents, devices, and systems in accordance with testing, engineering, and installation instructions.
   
   + Operates related equipment; conducts tests and reports data in prescribed format.
   
   + Performs alignment checks; adjusts, modifications, and replacements as directed; prepares prescribed compounds and solutions. Uses various measuring devices to include, Micrometers, Calipers, and laser measuring devices.
   
   + Carry out corrosion control treatments on metal and other corrosive alloys.
   
   + Setup, adjust, operate, and maintain tube bending machinery and equipment. Select layouts, templates, fit checks, tools, dies and gauge requirements.
   
   + Make shop computations and understanding working properties of metals, alloys, and composite materials. Install and align cutters, dies, drills, guides and holding devices. Constructing ground support equipment from metal, alloys, and other composite materials.
   
   + Perform Preventative maintenance (PM) on various GSE specifically to include Cranes and heavy equipment PM's, Maintenance, repairs, and operation of
   
   + Perform Rigging inspections and rigging in support of lifts within a manufacturing area.
   
   + Complete, update and maintain all required documentation, reports, etc., manually or in digital databases.
   
   + Make recommendations to improve work quality, efficiencies, and productivity.
   
   **Requirements:**
   
   + High school diploma, or equivalent experience/combined education, with additional specialized technical training equivalent to a technical Associate degree and/or demonstrated ability to perform assigned technical/para-engineering tasks and 3 years or more of experience.
   
   + Must be a U.S. citizen
   
   + Ability to obtain interim secret clearance
   
   **Desired Skills:**
   
   + Ordnance handling
   
   + Missile build experience is a plus
   
   + Aviation/Aerospace experience
   
   ASRC Federal and its Subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, religion, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by applicable law.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right missile technician for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with missile technicians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit missile technicians who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

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6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with missile technician candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new missile technician

   Once you've selected the best missile technician candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new missile technician. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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