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Space Jobs for Technicians in the Baltimore Area
13 open roles for technicians at 4 space companies name a site in the Baltimore area, most of them in Middle River and Elkridge; typical pay runs $72.8k–$114k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.
Space companies hiring technicians in the Baltimore area
| Employer | Open roles here | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Rocket Lab | 10 | $79k/yr |
| Intuitive Machines | 1 | too few figures |
| Northrop Grumman | 1 | too few figures |
| SpaceX | 1 | too few figures |
Where the roles are
- Middle River10
- Elkridge1
- Glen Burnie1
- Westminster1
Kinds of work
Open space roles for technicians in the Baltimore area, newest first
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC
Test Technician (opens the job details)
Northrop Grumman · Technicians · Elkridge, MD, United States· 2d agoDetails
$50,882–$121,755/yr
Composite Technician Fast Track Session (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 2d agoDetails
$25–$45/hrMaster HVAC Technician (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Supply Chain · Middle River, MD, United States· 2w agoDetails
$36–$50/hr
Composites Technician (COPV) (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Technicians · Westminster, MD, United States· 2w agoDetails
$20.00–$24.50/hr
Sheetmetal Mechanical Technician (opens the job details)
Intuitive Machines · Technicians · Glen Burnie, MD, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$63,000–$105,000/yrComposite Technician, all levels - Evening Shift (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$22–$55/hrAvionics Technician, all levels (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$30–$40/hrComposite Development Technician, all levels (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$27–$55/hrA&P Mechanic- All Levels (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 4mo agoDetails
$30–$55/hrAircraft Structural Technician - all levels (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 5mo agoDetails
$20–$55/hrMechanical Technician - all levels (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 8mo agoDetails
$22–$50/hrComposite Technician - all levels (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 10mo agoDetails
$22–$40/hrVehicle Integration Technician, all levels (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Technicians · Middle River, MD, United States· 10mo agoDetails
$28–$50/hr
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What people ask about technicians' work in the Baltimore area
Which space companies hire technicians in the Baltimore area?
Today, Rocket Lab (10 roles), Intuitive Machines (1 role), Northrop Grumman (1 role), SpaceX (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Baltimore area.
Where in the Baltimore area are the roles for technicians?
Most are in Middle River (10), Elkridge (1), Glen Burnie (1), Westminster (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.
How much do space roles for technicians in the Baltimore area pay?
The roles here that state pay post a median $80.1k/yr, with typical pay from $72.8k–$114k/yr; 79.4% of Maryland's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Maryland's law has required every employer, for work done at least partly in Maryland to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Oct 2024 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 100 aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians working in the Baltimore area, in any industry, earn a median $83.3k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for technicians here post a median $80.1k/yr today, 3.8% below that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.
Do roles for technicians in the Baltimore area require US citizenship?
Of the 92 space postings in Maryland whose text we read, 65.2% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 13% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.
How is this list made?
We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Baltimore area (the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Anne Arundel County, Baltimore city, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County and Queen Anne's County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for technicians; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.