Senior HITL Technician I

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
• 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

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in harness fabrication, rack assembly, or test systems
• Hands-on experience with harness manufacturing, rack assembly, and rack integration
• Proven ability to contribute to rack layout, equipment arrangement, and cable routing
• Ability to precisely follow quality inspection and manufacturing work instructions
• Proficiency in reading and interpreting system diagrams, schematics, CAD drawings, and ICDs
• Experience performing harness and rack electrical checks (continuity, pinout, visual inspection)
• Sound understanding of standard industry ESD practices
• U.S. citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• Trade qualification in a relevant industry
• Experience creating technical documentation (CAD drawings, ICDs, test reports)
• Familiarity with electrical test equipment (DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers)
• Experience with network devices, Ethernet cabling, fiber debugging, or PLCs
• Basic Python and Linux scripting skills
• Precision soldering experience
• Exposure to spacecraft systems or HITL/PIL environments
• TS/SCI Clearance

About the Company

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access to space.