Senior Manufacturing Engineer II - MachiningActive$132K
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
Contribute to design reviews acting as an expert in design for manufacture,: design for machining, productivity, quality control, etc.
Select, procure, and install machine shop equipment along with developing maintenance/calibration plans.
Develop machining capability in-house for the Archimedes components and implement rapid iterations.
Design, develop, and implement tooling and equipment for use in a production: environment where appropriate to improve quality, delivery and/or cost performance.
Responsible for continuous improvement and cost reduction projects belonging to the fabrication department.
Collaborate with other Rocket Lab machine shops for general alignment, capability, and support.
What they're looking for
- Develop and mentor less experienced engineers and machinist daily.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing engineering, or equivalent.
- + years of machine shop experience.
- Experience in CAM software 3 and 5-axis CNC equipment.
