Senior Spacecraft Operations Engineer I/IIActive$115K

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

• Leverage automation as a key enabler to operate spacecraft, focusing on: software-driven solutions for efficient and reliable mission execution

• Design, develop and test ground software for long term space operations: ground scripting for robust and automated ops

• Design, develop and test flight software sequences and FDIR/telemetry: configuration to ensure spacecraft health and fault management through software-driven processes

• Maintain the continuous integration and testing of our operational code

• Ensure the on-call or shifts of operations

• Develop test methods and data analysis

What they're looking for

• Develop interface specifications, CONOPS, and other design documents
• Run validation against spacecraft simulation tools: flatsat, HITL, etc.
• Support AIT teams across multiple spacecraft integrated tests (TVAC, propulsion stack, DITL)
• Perform requirements validation and verification for subsystems and spacecraft missions