Senior Composite Technician – Space Structures

Rocket Lab Corporation

Middle River (MD)

On-site

USD 40,000 - 47,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Rocket Lab Corporation in Maryland is seeking a skilled Composite Technician III to build and assemble composite components for the Neutron launch vehicle. You will work at Rocket Lab's Middle River facility, performing laminate work, bonding, prep for bagging, and autoclave curing with precision tools.

The role requires 5+ years of composite production or related experience, a High School Diploma or GED, and hands-on use of hand and power tools.

Qualifications

5+ years of 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 in order to establish reference points and to check dimensions using calipers, micrometers, precision scales and 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 and practices as industries such as aerospace, space and other composite workplaces demand.
You may be requested to work on other products for Rocket Lab in the local area or travel as required.