Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration (Space)

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Stock purchase plan

HSA option

Gym onsite

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to help improve manufacturing processes, support manufacturability, and lead factory setup and optimization.

You will troubleshoot production issues, partner with design teams, and drive changes to increase build rate and efficiency while contributing to Rocket Lab's mission in space technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or similar.
• Technical experience in a manufacturing, production, or process engineering environment.
• Hands-on experience solving problems in complex manufacturing systems.
• Ability to deliver on complex assignments with autonomy.
• Foundational knowledge in complex manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare feasibility studies and conduct manufacturing technology Research & Development projects.
• Partner with our Design Engineering teams to incorporate Design for Manufacture into our products to ensure robustness and manufacturability at scale.
• Engineer and deliver our factories – design, procure, install, validate assembly, test and verification processes.
• Support Development builds to uncover early learnings and resolve issues to accelerate the production ramp up.
• Take engineering ownership of production lines to remove blockers, improve yield and increase build efficiency.
• Triage and diagnose failures, conduct deep technical investigations and determine the right path forward including risk mitigation actions and root cause resolution.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve complex issues.
• Drive process improvements across manufacturing, test and integration.
• Contribute to change management, assessing risk and impact of design or process changes.
• Support business system and process improvements to drive increased organizational effectiveness and efficiency.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Production engineering

Process optimization

Autonomous work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or similar

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to help improve manufacturing processes, support manufacturability, and lead factory setup and optimization.

You will troubleshoot production issues, partner with design teams, and drive changes to increase build rate and efficiency while contributing to Rocket Lab's mission in space technology.