Master HVAC Technician

Rocket Lab · Middle River, MD

Posted Oct 15, 2026

Est. total comp~$90K–$141K

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ABOUT ROCKET LAB

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

FACILITIES

Rocket Lab’s Facilities team is responsible for the maintenance, operation, and continuous improvement of our sites, ensuring our teams have the safe, reliable, and high-performance environments they need to deliver on our mission. At our Middle River, Maryland Space Structures Complex, our work environment presents unique challenges, including demanding weather conditions and specialized production requirements; making robust, adaptive facility management essential.

MASTER FACILITIES TECHNICIAN

As the onsite Master Facilities Technician at Rocket Lab’s Space Structures Complex in Middle River, MD, you will play a pivotal role in both maintaining and building out our facility. This is not just a maintenance role: you’ll be hands-on in the construction, renovation, and expansion of our site, ensuring our infrastructure keeps pace with our rapid growth and evolving needs. With a strong emphasis on HVAC systems—critical to our production processes and sensitive to Maryland’s climate—you’ll directly impact our ability to build and launch the Neutron vehicle on schedule.

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Crew department: Life Support

Skills this kind of role usually asks for:

Scheduling
Thermal and fluid systems
Sensors and controls
Reliability and redundancy
Test and verification

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