Manufacturing Engineer I — Assembly & Process Optimization

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Equity options

Paid time off

Job summary

Rocket Lab in California is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to optimize manufacturing processes and lead factory setup. You will partner with Design Engineering to ensure manufacturability at scale and own production lines from design to verification, driving efficiency and ramp-up.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering and hands-on problem solving in complex manufacturing environments, with a focus on autonomy and cross-functional collaboration to enable

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 effectively deliver on complex assignments with autonomy.
• Foundational knowledge in complex manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare feasibility studies and conduct manufacturing technology R&D projects.
• Partner with Design Engineering teams to incorporate Design for Manufacture into 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 experience

Problem solving

Autonomy in assignments

Education

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

Tools

Production line design

Job description

Rocket Lab in California is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to optimize manufacturing processes and lead factory setup. You will partner with Design Engineering to ensure manufacturability at scale and own production lines from design to verification, driving efficiency and ramp-up.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering and hands-on problem solving in complex manufacturing environments, with a focus on autonomy and cross-functional collaboration to enable