Team Lead - RF Ground SegmentActive
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
Set direction, coach performance, and build capability in a team responsible for critical RF infrastructure.
Act as the SME and product owner for ground station systems, covering RF: performance, network architecture, modems, and mission interfaces.
Drive development, commissioning, and upgrades of ground stations and global networks.
Partner with SpaceOps to prepare for missions, support operations, and ensure: systems are ready when it counts.
Collaborate with engineering, operations, and program teams, plus external: ground station providers, to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Contribute to strategic projects, roadmap new capabilities, and support: business development with RF expertise.
What they're looking for
- Proven RF leadership experience, with the ability to mentor and engage teams: while consistently delivering under fast-paced, high-pressure timelines.
- Strong fundamentals in RF design: link budgets, cascaded analysis, modulation/coding.
- Experience with RF test and verification (VNAs, spectrum analysers, system-level testing).
- Solid systems engineering mindset: requirements, validation, documentation.
