Propulsion Development Engineer II: Hardware & Flight Test

Telemetry Today LLC; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Development Engineer for Electron Propulsion in New Zealand. You will design, test and refine propulsion components, owning from first sketch to flight-ready hardware, coordinating with NX, analysis and manufacturing teams.

You will plan and run tests from component rigs to hot-fire, defining operation and maintenance for flight hardware. You will collaborate on design for manufacturing, EBOM management, and cross-functional reviews while delivering reliable, high-quality

Qualifications

• An engineering degree and 2+ years' industry experience in a manufacturing environment.
• A project you owned end to end—concept through design, build and test, into operation.
• Skills that transfer; you don't need to have built a rocket.

Responsibilities

• Design and specification ownership
• EBOM and workflow
• Design for manufacturing
• Test planning and execution
• Product lifecycle support
• Cross-functional reviews

Skills

Project ownership

End-to-end design

Education

Engineering degree

Master's or PhD (nice to have)

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

JAMA

Jira

Job description

Rocket Lab is seeking a Development Engineer for Electron Propulsion in New Zealand. You will design, test and refine propulsion components, owning from first sketch to flight-ready hardware, coordinating with NX, analysis and manufacturing teams.

You will plan and run tests from component rigs to hot-fire, defining operation and maintenance for flight hardware. You will collaborate on design for manufacturing, EBOM management, and cross-functional reviews while delivering reliable, high-quality