Spacecraft Composite Technician (I–Senior)

Rocket Lab; Middle River (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

HSA option

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase

Snacks on site

Job summary

Rocket Lab is hiring Composite Technicians (I–Senior) for its Middle River, MD facility. You will build and assemble composite components for the Neutron Launch Vehicle, using advanced bonding, bagging, and curing processes. Roles span setup, laminate placement, HP tooling, and integration of mechanical hardware.

Base pay for MD is $22–$55 per hour. Benefits include comprehensive medical plans, HSA, dental, vision, vacation, sick leave, holidays, and retirement options.

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 using calipers and micrometers.
• 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.

Skills

Composite production

Military equipment

Mechanical troubleshooting

Equipment installation

Equipment repair

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Job description

Rocket Lab is hiring Composite Technicians (I–Senior) for its Middle River, MD facility. You will build and assemble composite components for the Neutron Launch Vehicle, using advanced bonding, bagging, and curing processes. Roles span setup, laminate placement, HP tooling, and integration of mechanical hardware.

Base pay for MD is $22–$55 per hour. Benefits include comprehensive medical plans, HSA, dental, vision, vacation, sick leave, holidays, and retirement options.