Senior Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer I - Secret ClearanceActive$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

• Owning development of new or existing products or systems, acting as: technical lead to guide team through end-to-end development process

• Conceptual and detailed performance calculations, systems modelling, analysis, and system designs

• Requirements gathering, definition, and management

• Systems engineering activities and leadership within the team

• Test planning, setup, instrumentation, execution, and data analysis

• Communicating with project stakeholders internal and external to the team

What they're looking for

• Technical risk-based decision making to the right/best solution when faced with an engineering challenge
• Project management including schedule building and maintenance, identifying: top priority items, tasking of other engineers and technicians, and communication of status to leadership and other teams
• Mentorship and coaching of people within the team on technical and professional development
• Defining and maintaining standard of excellence for their team through: documentation, training, coaching, and review of others’ work