About the job
ABOUT ROCKET LAB
Rocket Lab is a pioneering space company that provides comprehensive launch services, spacecraft design, manufacturing, payload solutions, and satellite components, all aimed at making space more accessible. Our rockets and satellites facilitate some of the world's most significant space missions, contributing to scientific exploration, Earth observation, climate change initiatives, national security, and innovative technology demonstrations.
Our Electron rocket has rapidly gained recognition as the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket each year, successfully delivering over 230 satellites to orbit. We are also in the process of developing Neutron, a reusable medium-lift launch vehicle designed for larger constellation deployments. Our Space Systems division is responsible for designing and constructing a broad array of satellites, payloads, and their components, including those selected for NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as components utilized in the James Webb Space Telescope.
NEUTRON
Neutron represents a medium-lift launch vehicle designed to support the mega constellations of the future, high-assurance payloads, and human spaceflight. This highly reusable platform will provide a cost-effective and reliable launch solution, leveraging the proven execution history established with the Electron program. If you're eager to join a high-performance team that is pushing the boundaries of re-usable liquid launch vehicle development, this is your chance!
MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN I, II, Senior
We are actively seeking Mechanical Technicians across various experience levels to become part of our team at Rocket Lab's advanced Space Structures Complex production facility in Middle River, MD. Technicians will be engaged in the assembly and construction of components integral to the production of the Neutron Launch Vehicle structure.
WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:
- Collaborate within a high-caliber cross-functional team
- Construct mechanical structures and related components
- Witness the transformation of your work into a complete rocket that journeys into space.

