Senior Avionics Automation Test Engineer INew
The opportunity
Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine.
What you'll do
Architect and lead the deployment and utilization of our internal test: automation platform for future spacecraft programs
Own test automation for Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) team test: campaigns across the entire program life cycle
Develop, review, and maintain automated test processes for spacecraft: hardware and software validation, establishing best practices and coding standards
Integrate and automate test equipment and spacecraft interfaces into the test: platform, making architectural decisions on telemetry, command, and data management
Contribute to core platform development, including backend services and test framework capabilities
+ years of experience in space systems, ideally with spacecraft test,: systems, or spacecraft software background
What they're looking for
- + years of professional programming experience with Python or similar: languages in distributed application contexts
- Strong Linux systems knowledge and command-line proficiency
- Experience mentoring or leading other engineers
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technical discipline
