Senior Space Structures & Mechanisms Engineer

Rocket Lab Corporation; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab’s Neutron team seeks a Senior Development Engineer to drive design and testing of structures and mechanisms for the Neutron launch vehicle. You will collaborate with analysis and manufacturing to produce concepts, detailed designs, and drawing packages for metallic components and assemblies, and to plan and execute development tests.

You will develop test plans, monitor activities, post-process data, and ensure materials and assemblies meet performance requirements, mentoring junior

Qualifications

• Degree in aerospace, mechanical or mechatronic engineering.
• 5+ years developing and testing high performance mechanical systems, focusing on structures and/or mechanisms.
• Experience with instrumentation setup, post-processing, and interpretation of static & dynamic test data.
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork.
• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making ability.
• Detail-oriented with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Produce & rapidly iterate conceptual CAD designs for structures and mechanisms.
• Lead the testing structures and mechanisms, including metallic components and assemblies.
• Develop test plans and document data to verify functional and performance requirements.
• Characterise structural materials, interfaces, and subcomponents.
• Produce test jigs/fixtures to aid fabrication, assembly and testing.
• Identify and solve technical challenges to keep projects moving at pace.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

High-performance mech systems

Structures & mechanisms

Instrumentation & data analysis

Team collaboration under pressure

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Tenacity

Education

Aerospace/Mechanical/Mechatronic engineering degree

Tools

NX CAD

SolidWorks

CATIA

Teamcenter

Windchill

MATLAB

LabVIEW

Job description

Rocket Lab’s Neutron team seeks a Senior Development Engineer to drive design and testing of structures and mechanisms for the Neutron launch vehicle. You will collaborate with analysis and manufacturing to produce concepts, detailed designs, and drawing packages for metallic components and assemblies, and to plan and execute development tests.

You will develop test plans, monitor activities, post-process data, and ensure materials and assemblies meet performance requirements, mentoring junior