HITL Engineer IActive

The opportunity

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. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of…

What you'll do

  • Work within a small team dedicated to designing, operating, and maintaining: the avionic test systems to support all of Rocket Lab’s mission from the production floor to the launch operations.

  • Ensure the HITL systems are subjected to an appropriate level of engineering rigor and documentation.

  • Work with other teams to verify the functionality and performance of the Rocket Lab avionic components.

  • Contribute directly to the development of automation tools to optimize running HITL operations.

  • Operate launch vehicle simulation platform for Day of Launch operations for specific missions.

  • Work hands-on with test and flight space hardware.

What they're looking for

  • Make and maintain accurate technical documentation via system diagrams,: schematics, ICDs, procedures, test/anomaly reports.
  • Analyze test results from raw data for pass/fail criteria.
  • Troubleshoot root cause from anomalies and communicate the results and path: forward with internal teams, vendors, and customers.
  • Operate and capture data from test equipment (DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, etc.).