Development Engineer II

Engineering is the heart of Rocket Lab. We build world-class rockets and spacecraft and we launch them, often.

As a Development Engineer for Electron Propulsion, you'll design, test and refine the systems that get Electron to orbit. That means engines, turbopumps, valves, injectors and the fluid systems that feed them.

First sketch to flight-ready hardware. You'll define the requirements, iterate in NX with analysis and manufacturing engineers, own the EBOM, and release the drawings that get parts built, then plan and run the test campaign, from component rigs to hot fire, that proves your hardware is ready to fly. And once it's f...

Design and specification ownership
EBOM and workflow
Design for manufacturing
Test planning and execution
Product lifecycle support
Cross-functional reviews

Some days you're deep in a dynamic dataset, other days you're on the production floor refining designs with critical feedback sessions from technicians or in the development lab testing concepts or flight ready designs. Both days are good days. This is not just a desk job.

An engineering degree and 2+ years' industry experience in a manufacturing environment
High-volume production experience
A project you owned end to end concept through design, build and test, into operation. Not one you contributed to but one you carried
Skills that transfer. You don't need to have built a rocket. You need to have solved hard engineering problems well enough that the domain is the only new thing
Master's or PhD
Rocket, aerospace or automotive background
Applied analysis - structural, modal, CFD, thermal, fatigue, DFMEA/PFMEA or DMAIC
Experience with our toolset - NX, Teamcenter, JAMA and Jira. If you've used the equivalents, you'll pick these up fast