Senior HITL Technician I — Spacecraft Test & Harness Lead

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Top-tier medical plans

Dental and vision coverage

Paid vacation & sick time

11 paid holidays

401(k) with company match

EV charging subsidy

Onsite fitness centers

Discounted gym memberships

Snacks and beverages

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior HITL Technician I to design, maintain, and operate HITL systems for spacecraft hardware. The role involves hands-on work with test racks, harness fabrication, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to ensure robust HITL infrastructure. The position requires 8+ years in related settings, U.S.

citizenship, and strong documentation skills. Competitive hourly pay with excellent benefits is offered, along with opportunities to contribute to critical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in harness fabrication, rack assembly, test systems, or a similar technical environment.
• Hands-on experience with harness manufacturing, rack assembly, and rack integration.
• Ability to precisely follow quality inspection and manufacturing work instructions.
• Proficiency in reading, interpreting, and providing feedback on system diagrams, schematics, CAD drawings, ICDs, procedures, and manufacturing documentation.
• Experience performing harness and rack electrical checks, including continuity, pinout, and visual inspection.
• Sound understanding of standard industry ESD practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively across engineering and technician teams while raising buildability, integration, or test concerns early.
• U.S. citizenship required due to program requirements.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, assemble, and test high-quality, high-reliability harnessing.
• Build, integrate, and modify HITL test racks, including equipment installation, cable routing, harness integration, and basic checkout.
• Work hands-on with test and flight hardware.
• Collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team to build, set up, maintain, and improve HITL test and simulation systems for Rocket Lab spacecraft systems or similar complex systems.
• Contribute to equipment rack layout and arrangement, including equipment placement and buildability feedback.
• Build, modify, and iterate prototype rack designs in collaboration with engineering, test, and spacecraft teams.
• Use, maintain, and redline technical documentation via system diagrams, schematics, ICDs, procedures, and test/anomaly reports.
• Identify and communicate rack and harnessing buildability, maintainability, serviceability, and integration risks during design, build, and integration activities.

Skills

Harness fabrication

Rack assembly

Test systems

CAD drawings

Documentation reading

ESD practices

Cross-team collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

DMMs

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Electrical test equipment

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior HITL Technician I to design, maintain, and operate HITL systems for spacecraft hardware. The role involves hands-on work with test racks, harness fabrication, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to ensure robust HITL infrastructure. The position requires 8+ years in related settings, U.S.

citizenship, and strong documentation skills. Competitive hourly pay with excellent benefits is offered, along with opportunities to contribute to critical