Mission Manager, Space Payloads & Customer Programs

Rocketlab

Long Beach (CA)

On-site

USD 117,000 - 161,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Equity grant
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Health insurance
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Job summary

Rocket Lab, a leading space company, seeks a Mission Manager based in North America to oversee customer missions from contract signing through payload integration to launch at North America sites. The role requires collaboration with commercial and government customers and travel to launch pads and overseas.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in mission management or technical program management, hardware integration experience on launch vehicles or spacecraft, and the ability to travel domestically

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Job description

Rocket Lab, a leading space company, seeks a Mission Manager based in North America to oversee customer missions from contract signing through payload integration to launch at North America sites. The role requires collaboration with commercial and government customers and travel to launch pads and overseas.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in mission management or technical program management, hardware integration experience on launch vehicles or spacecraft, and the ability to travel domestically

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