Senior Weld Engineer IActive$109K

Rocket Lab
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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

  • Develop and implement procedures and process improvements for all welding: activities used in the production of the Archimedes Engine.

  • Author welding process specifications and PQR’s for each welding process on the Archimedes Engine.

  • Define welding acceptance criteria in accordance with AWS D17.1 and other relevant NASA standards.

  • Improve welding processes by conducting root cause analyses on weld related nonconformances.

  • Provide expert guidance on weld repair rework, repair, and dispositioning.

  • Support production operations on full scale welded assemblies, providing: direction to manufacturing engineers and welders on correct techniques in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What they're looking for

  • Work closely with design, tooling, and manufacturing engineers to improve welded designs for manufacturing.
  • Develop and execute welding qualification test campaigns and interpret mechanical testing and NDE results.
  • General support of M&P related projects.
  • Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Welding, Mechanical Engineering or a relevant STEM field.