Senior Avionics Test & Launch Engineer — Space Vehicle Innovator

Telemetry Today LLC; Virginia; On-site; USD 100,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Purchase Plan

Medical plans

Dental & Vision

Paid vacation

Holidays

FSAs

Parental leave

Disability & life

401(k) match

Other discounts

Job summary

Rocket Lab seeks a Senior Avionics Test and Launch Engineer to join the Test and Launch Engineering team. You will develop, integrate, and test avionics and electrical systems for Electron and Neutron launch vehicles, oversee configuration and checkout, and lead testing projects while mentoring others.

You’ll work on CONOPS and HMIs, author procedures, and contribute to operations from pre-launch through on-orbit activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering (preferably Aerospace, mechanical, electrical or mechatronic engineering).
• 5+ years of experience in engineering design, test and/or operations, focusing on electrical/software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and test avionics and electrical systems for Electron and Neutron launch vehicles
• Oversee the configuration and checkout of avionics systems
• Lead and manage testing projects for avionics and electrical systems
• Mentor and train other operators within the Integrated Operations team on avionics and electrical systems
• Develop CONOPS and HMIs related to ground- and vehicle-electrical hardware
• Author, review and carry out operations procedures

Skills

Engineering aptitude

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Java

Python

HTML

XML

Job description

Rocket Lab seeks a Senior Avionics Test and Launch Engineer to join the Test and Launch Engineering team. You will develop, integrate, and test avionics and electrical systems for Electron and Neutron launch vehicles, oversee configuration and checkout, and lead testing projects while mentoring others.

You’ll work on CONOPS and HMIs, author procedures, and contribute to operations from pre-launch through on-orbit activities.