Harness Design Engineer II for Spacecraft Avionics

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase plan

Medical plans

Dental & vision

Paid vacation

Sick time

11 holidays

Flexible spending accounts

Parental leave

Disability & life insurance

401(k) match

EV charging subsidy

Onsite fitness centers

Gym memberships discount

Merch discount 50%

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer II to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, select components, and generate design documentation to support CAD models. You’ll also assist with electrical engineering tasks for spacecraft and space systems components.

The role requires 2+ years of electrical engineering or avionics experience and U.S. citizenship due to program requirements. Collaboration in multi-disciplinary teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering, or other engineering field.
• 2+ years of electrical engineering or avionics experience.
• U.S citizenship required due to program requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design harness layout, connector/back shell selection, wire selection, and shielding for spacecraft.
• Generate pinout tables for harness connectors based on interconnect diagrams.
• Create and maintain BOMs for harnessing in PLM tools.
• Create documentation for electrical schematics and harness designs.
• Develop test plans for avionics subsystems and components.
• Analyze and optimize avionics circuits for performance and reliability.
• Participate in internal reviews as a representative of the avionics electrical engineering team.
• Collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams on electronic assemblies for satellite programs.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Avionics experience

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering

Tools

LT Spice

Altium

Siemens Teamcenter

JAMA

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Harness Design Engineer II to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, select components, and generate design documentation to support CAD models. You’ll also assist with electrical engineering tasks for spacecraft and space systems components.

The role requires 2+ years of electrical engineering or avionics experience and U.S. citizenship due to program requirements. Collaboration in multi-disciplinary teams is essential.