Senior Systems Engineer IActive

Rocket Lab
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The opportunity

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access to space. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of…

What you'll do

  • Support the development of system architecture for space-based optical: instruments, subsystems, and payloads on airborne and space platforms, with emphasis on electrical architecture and controls integration

  • Define, decompose, and manage system requirements with focus on electrical: behavior, control functions, subsystem interactions, and overall system performance

  • Develop and maintain technical documentation including architecture: descriptions, interface control documents, electrical interface definitions, concepts of operations, state and mode descriptions, test plans, and verification artifacts

  • Support development of electrical and functional architectures, including: command and telemetry flow, power distribution, control logic, signal paths, timing, synchronization, and subsystem interaction

  • Collaborate with hardware, software, firmware, and test teams to ensure the: electrical architecture and controls implementation align with system requirements and mission intent

  • Support the development, integration, and testing of space payloads to be integrated on spacecraft platforms

What they're looking for

  • Support hardware and software development teams with system-level test: planning, debugging, integration, and execution of verification procedures; analyze data and recommend design refinements
  • Participate in hardware and software verification and validation activities: related to system behavior, electrical performance, controls implementation, and interface compliance
  • Support architecture trades involving sensors, motor control, embedded: electronics, power systems, command and data handling, and subsystem interfaces
  • Participate in technical interchange meetings and project discussions with: internal teams, customers, and external partners as needed