Senior Systems EngineerActive

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

  • Design, integrate, and develop space-based optical instruments, subsystems,: and payloads for airborne and space platforms

  • Develop and maintain:

  • Technical budgets for vehicle performance

  • System requirements and verification techniques

  • Simulations and analysis across vehicle functions

  • Test methods and data analysis

What they're looking for

  • Provide technical oversight of system architecture, interfaces, mission assurance, and compliance
  • Assist with program and product management
  • Develop, in collaboration with team members, interface specifications, CONOPS: definition, and other design documents
  • Support the development and testing of space payloads to be integrated on spacecraft platforms