Composite Technician – Space Structures (I-Senior)

Rocketlab

Middle River (MD)

On-site

USD 30,000 - 76,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Equity

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Snacks onsite

Job summary

Rocket Lab seeks a Composite Technician at various levels for our Middle River, MD facility. You will assemble, bond, and inspect composite structures for the Neutron Launch Vehicle, using laminates, adhesives, and bonding processes.

You will set up, inspect references, and work with autoclaves, vacuum systems, and precision measuring tools. The role includes fitting honeycomb cores, thermal protection components, and integrating mechanical hardware, with opportunities to advance from Technician

Qualifications

Experience in composite production, military equipment maintenance, or mechanical troubleshooting, installation, repair of manufacturing equipment.
High School Diploma or GED.
Experience using various hand and power tools.

Responsibilities

Assembly of structures including setup, bonding and fastener applications.
Laminate assemblies by determining proper placement of composite materials.
Prepare parts for bagging, including placement of bleeders, thermocouples, probes and vacuum connections.
Vacuum bag processing, bonding, and oven/autoclave curing.
Making basic layouts on parts or assemblies to establish reference points and check dimensions with calipers, micrometers, torque wrenches.
Fitting of Honeycomb, foam and syntactic core.
Fitting and refurbishment of thermal protection systems.
Integration of mechanical hardware.
Perform other standard composite and integration building techniques as required.