Senior Production Engineer IActive$41K

Rocket Lab
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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

  • Function as the technical champion of our manufacturing processes, solving: problems in real-time with the Operators and Technicians building spaceflight hardware

  • Be the liaison between the technical/process parts of the business and the: operations/execution arm on the production floor

  • Proactively remove hurdles from those executing manufacturing processes and: maintain an environment where manufacturing operators and technicians can excel.

  • Develop a practical understanding of the design, construction, manufacturing: methods and operating principles of series interconnected multi-junction solar cells.

  • Develop a practical understanding of the effects that external variables such: as temperature, strain conditions, and the effects of a space environment can have on the materials used in the manufacture of solar panels.

  • Develop a detailed understanding of parallel gap resistance welding,: mechanical fixturing for high throughput assembly, and additive manufacturing techniques.

What they're looking for

  • Develop a practical working knowledge of the dispense and cure of space grade: polymeric adhesives, the methods by which they can be mixed, degassed, and applied. An understanding should be built about the methods by which these materials cure and the factors that drive the effectiveness and rate of that cure.
  • Develop a working knowledge of the electrical circuits used in solar panels and the design constraints thereof
  • Combine the understanding described above to support current manufacturing: capability and work to monitor/improve/expand the existing processes by working with area engineers
  • Use your background with PLCs and process automation to support an automated assembly line