Systems Engineer: Change & Configuration Lead

Telemetry Today LLC; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab’s Neutron team in Auckland, New Zealand seeks a Systems Engineer I/II focused on Configuration and Change Management. You will bridge engineering and manufacturing, ensuring controlled changes and clean interfaces as we scale hardware for a large rocket.

The role emphasizes data integrity, process discipline, and automation, with opportunities to optimize validation tasks and tool chains within a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 1-5 years industry experience in a relevant technical field (Mechanical, Fluid, Propulsion, Avionics, Software).
• Drive and autonomy with ownership of outcomes and tight deadlines.
• Systems thinker mindset focused on process efficiency and validation.

Responsibilities

• Drive ECM process across engineering, design, manufacturing, quality and supply chain.
• Identify and verify system-level impacts of changes to improve integrated launch vehicle.
• Execute against configuration management plan and mature baseline control.
• Roughly 20% time on rigorous configuration validation and data integrity checks.

Skills

Autonomy

Ownership

Cross-functional

Systems thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

1-5 years relevant experience

Tools

Teamcenter

Jira

Infor LN

Job description

Rocket Lab’s Neutron team in Auckland, New Zealand seeks a Systems Engineer I/II focused on Configuration and Change Management. You will bridge engineering and manufacturing, ensuring controlled changes and clean interfaces as we scale hardware for a large rocket.

The role emphasizes data integrity, process discipline, and automation, with opportunities to optimize validation tasks and tool chains within a fast-paced aerospace environment.