Senior Vehicle Integration EngineerActive$109K

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

• Develop con-ops, design and drive build of associated ground support tooling: and processes for handling components and integrated stages of the Neutron Launch Vehicle.

• Develop and execute procedures for the integration of Neutron Launch Vehicle: flight hardware and ground support equipment.

• Support Neutron Integration Manager in developing and enabling day-to-day: execution of the 1 st and 2 nd stage vehicle integration, propellant system, avionics, and AFTS. Including: Development and refinement of inspection, repair/retrofit, assembly and system test procedures based on lessons learned.

• Development and design high-level vehicle maintenance architecture including: build flow and test operations for maximum efficiency.

• Development and execute vehicle system level checkouts for initial and flown launch vehicle and components.

• Contribute, develop, and own work procedures and documentation of: non-conformances into actionable items and system improvements.

What they're looking for

• Maintain integrated planning documents that are inclusive of Launch Vehicle configurations and work scope.
• Design and develop tools and hardware to enable vehicle processing and ensure required testing abilities.
• Develop, build, and maintain Neutron processing facilities.
• Closely collaborate with management staff and peers from other departments: and highly skilled technicians on daily routine