Flight Software Engineer I: Embedded Space Systems

Rocket Lab Corporation; Auckland; On-site; NZD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking an Electron Flight Software Engineer I to design, maintain, and support software for the Electron rocket and ground systems. You will work on avionics, telemetry, and control software across production, testing, and launch phases, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver reliable flight software.

Minimum 2 years in software engineering with a degree in software, CS, or EE is required; experience with high-reliability, networking, SDR/encoding, embedded

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of software engineering experience.
• Nice to have: experience with high-reliability software systems.
• Nice to have: networking and SDR/encoding knowledge.
• Nice to have: embedded software development fundamentals.
• Nice to have: experience in Linux environments.
• Nice to have: data processing and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Launch Vehicle Avionics Embedded Computers.
• Ground Segment Communications.
• Avionics simulations (Hardware-in-the-loop).
• Develop software and unit tests for bug-fix and feature requests.
• Documentation for operation of software products.
• Review flight code merges and participate in arch. meetings.
• Approve software architecture designs and keep tickets updated.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings and deliver training on software usage.
• Deploy operational software.

Skills

Embedded software

Linux

Networking

High-reliability software

Education

Software Engineering degree

Computer Science degree

Electrical Engineering degree

Equivalent level

Job description

Rocket Lab is seeking an Electron Flight Software Engineer I to design, maintain, and support software for the Electron rocket and ground systems. You will work on avionics, telemetry, and control software across production, testing, and launch phases, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver reliable flight software.

Minimum 2 years in software engineering with a degree in software, CS, or EE is required; experience with high-reliability, networking, SDR/encoding, embedded