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Develop and analyze trajectories for launch vehicles and spacecraft across Earth, lunar, and interplanetary missions. Perform orbital propagation, rendezvous planning, station-keeping, launch window analysis, delta-V budgeting, collision avoidance, and contingency planning. Collaborate with flight software and GNC teams, produce trajectory data for mission reviews, enhance simulation infrastructure, and support real-time mission operations, anomaly response, and post-launch analysis.

Build and operate Rocket Lab’s observability platform across AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes environments. Responsibilities include managing Grafana-based telemetry systems, dashboards, alerting, metrics collection, infrastructure as code, CI/CD integrations, and monitoring standards. The role also develops AI agents and quality automation for CI/CD testing, troubleshoots complex observability issues, and improves reliability, security, and operational response for mission-critical space systems.

Build and operate a mission-critical observability platform across AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes environments. Responsibilities include managing Grafana-based telemetry, dashboards, metrics, alerting, infrastructure as code, CI/CD integrations, and monitoring standards. The role also develops AI agents and quality automation systems for detecting and troubleshooting testing failures. Candidates will improve reliability, security, telemetry quality, and incident response while partnering with engineering teams.

The Quality Engineer II manages and improves the Quality Management System, ensuring product and process compliance with AS9100, customer, and internal requirements. Responsibilities include audits, root cause analysis, corrective actions, nonconformance reviews, supplier quality, inspection plans, quality metrics, customer quality support, engineering change reviews, and inspector training. The role partners cross-functionally to drive continuous improvement and may travel for testing, customer repairs, or program meetings.

Supports Rocket Lab’s Test Ground Systems team in developing and operating rocket engine test infrastructure. Works with mentors and engineers to apply engineering concepts, contribute to development projects, and support instrumentation, controls, automation, and data collection for the Neutron program. The internship is full-time and on-site for at least 12 consecutive weeks during summer 2027.

Lead guidance, navigation, and control development for diverse spacecraft missions. Responsibilities include GNC algorithm and flight software design, subsystem requirements, component selection, autonomy tools, fault response, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, integration, design reviews, schedule management, customer interaction, and mentoring engineers. The role supports spacecraft across LEO, GEO, lunar, interplanetary, reentry, and rendezvous and proximity operations missions.

Leads spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control development across the engineering lifecycle, including algorithm design, flight software, subsystem requirements, modeling, simulation, integration, testing, fault response, and spacecraft autonomy. Mentors engineers, coordinates cross-functional teams and international sites, manages schedules and milestones, supports design reviews, and interfaces with aerospace customers for mission success.

Leads aerospace quality engineering activities across the product lifecycle, including QMS management, AS9100 compliance, audits, supplier quality, nonconformance resolution, corrective actions, inspection planning, metrics, and continuous improvement. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, customers, and suppliers to ensure product and process quality, supports engineering changes, facilitates review boards, trains inspectors, and can stop processes when quality or safety risks arise.

Plans and manages production work orders, material supply, fulfillment, and manufacturing schedules using MRP systems. Releases work orders and inventory kit requests, tracks material shortages and build readiness, maintains production part master data, and expedites subassemblies. Collaborates with Engineering, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, and Finance to prioritize work and support integration timelines.

Supports supply chain and procurement operations involving inventory optimization, supplier relationships, operational risk mitigation, and material flow for production and customer demand. The intern collaborates with mentors and cross-functional teams, applies engineering and industry concepts, leads development projects, attends progress meetings, and participates in professional development activities. The role requires full-time, on-site work for at least 12 consecutive weeks beginning May or June 2027.