Team Lead - Ground Systems Team XActive
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
Lead a team of engineers delivering projects across production tooling,: ground support equipment, and test and launch infrastructure
Act as a subject matter expert and technical decision maker in design for: manufacturing, testing, quality control, risk assessment, and productivity
Drive robust planning and resource allocation to deliver projects to aggressive deadlines
Collaborate with diverse teams across the Neutron program to support: development, production, test, and operational needs
Priorities and manage delivery of capital projects to introduce new: capabilities and refine existing ones as we scale production and launch cadence
Deliver projects and capabilities across multiple sites in New Zealand and the USA
What they're looking for
- Mentor, coach, and develop the team’s capability and culture of ownership and execution
- Manage professional development for engineers and recruit new talent as required
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing engineering, or related technical field
- + years of engineering design experience
