Jobs at Rocket Lab

Operate spacecraft across LEO and deep-space missions, developing ground and flight software, operational scripts, telemetry and FDIR configurations. Lead simulation-based validation using HITL and flatsat environments, and support spacecraft through integration, testing, launch, and on-orbit operations. The role also drives automation, continuous improvement, and collaboration across propulsion, flight software, GNC, and mission design teams.

Sources materials and manages purchase orders for launch vehicles, spacecraft, and components. Evaluates suppliers, negotiates pricing and terms, manages RFQs and supplier relationships, monitors delivery performance, coordinates procurement requirements with Engineering, provides order status updates, and maintains ERP purchase order data. The role is onsite in Long Beach and requires up to 10% domestic and international travel.

Own the architecture of RF payloads for defense and commercial space missions. Lead early mission trades involving link budgets, antenna architectures, analog and digital systems, SWaP-C, waveforms, and cryptographic requirements. Develop technical narratives for proposals, defend design decisions, influence hardware roadmaps, and collaborate across payload, software, spacecraft, customer, leadership, supplier, and partner teams to transition concepts into flight development.

Architects RF payloads for defense and commercial space missions, leading early mission trades, link budgets, antenna and analog/digital architecture decisions, waveform and cryptographic integration, and SWaP-C optimization. Owns technical capture, authors proposal architectures, defends design choices, shapes hardware roadmaps, and partners across payload, software, and spacecraft teams to transition concepts into flight development.

Leads regional IT service desk operations and a team of up to 10 support professionals. Responsibilities include ticket prioritization, SLA compliance, escalated technical troubleshooting, service process documentation, problem management, regional IT projects, regulatory compliance, stakeholder partnerships, team development, and continuous improvement. The role provides hands-on support for critical incidents and may involve on-call shifts, evenings, weekends, and domestic or international travel.

Leads regional IT service desk operations and a team of up to 10 support professionals. Manages ticket prioritization, workload assignment, SLA compliance, escalated troubleshooting, incident and problem management, IT projects, documentation, regulatory compliance, stakeholder partnerships, and continuous improvement. Recruits and mentors staff while providing hands-on technical support. The role may include domestic and international travel, varied shifts, and on-call coverage.

Leads regional IT service desk operations and a team of up to 10 support professionals. Responsibilities include ticket prioritization, SLA compliance, escalated technical troubleshooting, staffing, mentoring, IT projects, process documentation, problem management, site partnerships, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. The role provides hands-on support for critical incidents and requires occasional international and routine domestic travel, flexible shifts, and on-call participation.

Develop and improve manufacturing processes for advanced space solar panels. Serve as the technical liaison between engineering and production, troubleshoot manufacturing issues, support PLC-based automation, conduct experiments and process analysis, write standard work instructions, train operators, and maintain production capability. The role requires technical manufacturing experience, strong documentation skills, and collaboration across operators, technicians, engineers, and managers.

Execute testing, launch, and mission operations for Electron launch vehicles across mission control and launch sites. Configure electrical, avionics, RF, telemetry, tracking, and command systems; troubleshoot issues; conduct failure investigations and root cause analysis; improve checkout and launch processes; train operators; analyze post-flight data; and support test facilities, launch pads, and control centers.

Leads regional IT service desk operations and a team of up to 10 support staff. Manages ticket prioritization, SLA compliance, escalations, complex troubleshooting, IT projects, documentation, problem management, regulatory compliance, stakeholder partnerships, and continuous improvement. Recruits and mentors staff while providing hands-on technical support across operating systems, hardware, identity management, Microsoft 365, networking, virtualization, cloud, and AI-enabled service delivery.

Leads a regional IT service desk team of up to 10 staff, coordinating ticket queues, prioritization, SLA compliance, escalated technical support, and critical incident response. Oversees IT projects, documentation, problem management, compliance, continuous improvement, stakeholder partnerships, and team development. Requires hands-on expertise across multiple endpoint, identity, scripting, productivity, networking, virtualization, or cloud technologies, along with ITSM and ITIL experience. The role includes travel, flexible shifts, and on-call participation.

Leads a regional IT service desk team of up to 10, coordinating ticket queues, SLA compliance, workload assignment, escalated troubleshooting, projects, documentation, problem management, compliance, and continuous improvement. Builds partnerships with site leadership, recruits and mentors staff, and supports critical incidents. The role requires hands-on technical expertise across endpoint systems, hardware, identity, scripting, cloud, networking, and ITSM, with occasional travel, shift flexibility, and on-call participation.

Provides strategic compensation partnership across corporate functions and mergers and acquisitions. Responsibilities include managing global compensation architecture, designing jobs and salary structures, conducting market research and quantitative analysis, supporting compensation surveys, reviewing compensation requests, developing total rewards programs, ensuring compliance, improving systems, and presenting recommendations to leadership. The role also develops communication and training for compensation programs and supports executive, equity, benefits, and broad-based compensation decisions.

Supervises a regional IT service desk team of up to 10, managing ticket queues, workload allocation, SLA compliance, escalations, and hands-on technical support. Leads IT projects, documents processes, supports problem management, ensures ITAR/EAR and CUI compliance, partners with site leadership, and drives continuous improvement. Recruits, mentors, and develops staff while supporting complex IT environments and participating in on-call, shift, and travel requirements.

Coordinates domestic and international inbound and outbound shipments for aerospace components. Responsibilities include scheduling transportation, resolving delivery issues, maintaining shipping documentation, complying with ITAR and export regulations, improving logistics processes, supporting staff, managing vendors, tracking KPIs, and developing contingency plans for disruptions.

Prepare SEC filings, technical accounting analyses, accounting memos, computations, footnotes, XBRL tagging, and tie-out documentation for Forms 10-Q and 10-K. Research US GAAP issues, support purchase accounting and registration statements, maintain SOX control evidence, respond to auditors, and coordinate reporting workstreams with Legal, Investor Relations, FP&A, and Tax.

Design and develop space-grade RF products, including requirements definition, simulation, component selection, PCB layout, prototyping, testing, documentation, and production support. The role supports customer and program requirements, engineering reviews, anomaly troubleshooting, GSE development, and new product introduction while collaborating with test and manufacturing teams.

Develops and delivers RF communications products and subsystems for spacecraft, including payload and TT&C systems. Responsibilities include requirements definition, design trades, RF analyses, prototyping, testing, documentation, GSE development, customer support, anomaly troubleshooting, and participation in engineering reviews. The role requires expertise in RF communications, satellite operations, licensing, ground station networks, and end-to-end space system development.

Develops RF payload and TT&C subsystems for space products, including requirements, design trades, analyses, prototyping, testing, documentation, and production automation. Supports proposals, customer requirements, engineering reviews, anomaly troubleshooting, satellite operations, and mission delivery. Requires strong RF communications expertise, satellite systems experience, and knowledge of licensing and ground station networks.

Leads end-to-end development of RF phased-array products, including architecture, antenna modeling, prototyping, integration, testing, flight development, production transition, and customer support. Develops active-antenna test plans, ground-support equipment, automation, requirements, proposals, and technical documentation. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams, vendors, and customers while supporting design reviews, troubleshooting, and complex space-system programs.