Manufacturing Engineer I - Vehicle Integration

Manufacturing Engineer I - Vehicle Integration

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 space. The rockets and satellites we build, and launch enable some of the most ambitious and vital space missions globally, supporting scientific exploration, Earth observation and missions to combat climate change, national security, and exciting new technology demonstrations.

Our Electron rocket has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered more than 230 satellites to orbit, all while we work to develop Neutron, our upcoming medium-lift, reusable launch vehicle for larger constellation deployment. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.

About Engineering At Rocket Lab:

Engineering is at the heart of Rocket Lab. Our engineering team has a proven track record of designing and developing world-class rockets and spacecraft that are changing the way we access and use space. You'll work alongside driven, talented engineers from varied backgrounds and experience levels, all committed to the same mission. Our engineering team members design, analysis, prototyping, testing, manufacturing, assembly and integration, quality control, engineering documentation, and more.

What You'll Get To Do:

The Manufacturing Engineer enables the production team to achieve the required production rates with the right quality.

They are responsible for supporting all aspects of production at Rocket Lab. This is delivered by taking ownership of products released to production, removing production blockers, dispositioning non-conformance tickets, performing root-cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.

The Manufacturing Engineer I - Vehicle Integration is also responsible for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes and procedures, leveraging their strong working knowledge of both the product and best-practice manufacturing techniques.

You'll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related
• 3+ years' experience as a Manufacturing / Production / Process Engineer
• Hands on technical experience debugging complex systems within a Manufacturing environment
• Strong communicator, with proven ability to deliver KPI's with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
• Can do approach and flexibility to thrive around growing teams and processes
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

These Qualifications Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience with Siemens Team Center
• Knowledge of production quality metrics
• Working experience with environmental acceptance/production acceptance testing, such as vibration, shock, thermal, and vacuum
• Understanding of instrumentation, interfaces, and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors
• Demonstrated experience with DFMEA, PFMEA methodologies, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto analysis, root cause and corrective action
• Working experience with capacity modeling, process mapping, Lean/Six Sigma, and value stream mapping
• SPC knowledge and experience applying statistical methods to track process capability and performance

If the above sounds like you apply now!