Avionics Automation Test Engineer II — Spacecraft Systems

Rocket Lab Corp.; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking an Avionics Automation Test Engineer II at our Long Beach, CA headquarters to automate and improve testing of avionics and satellites. You will deploy test automation across spacecraft programs and support the AIT team during test campaigns.

Requirements include a bachelor’s in engineering, 2+ years in space-related testing or software, Linux experience, and the ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance. ITAR considerations apply for US offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 2+ years of space/spacecraft experience preferred.
• 2+ years of experience with programming in distributed applications.
• Experience with Linux.
• Ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment and utilization of our internal test automation platform for future spacecraft programs.
• Provide critical support to the Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) team as they execute spacecraft test campaigns using our software.
• Collaborate with systems, flight software, ground software, and operations teams to add features and deployments.
• Investigate, resolve, and fix bugs encountered by other teams.

Skills

Linux experience

Distributed programming

Top-Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Pytest

Robot Framework

Job description

Rocket Lab is seeking an Avionics Automation Test Engineer II at our Long Beach, CA headquarters to automate and improve testing of avionics and satellites. You will deploy test automation across spacecraft programs and support the AIT team during test campaigns.

Requirements include a bachelor’s in engineering, 2+ years in space-related testing or software, Linux experience, and the ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance. ITAR considerations apply for US offices.