Senior Avionics & Test Manufacturing Engineer

Energy Jobline ZR; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Equity options

Paid time off

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Avionics & Test to lead and optimize manufacturing processes for avionics and test assemblies. The role involves hands-on debugging, process validation, and collaboration with design and production teams to ensure manufacturability at scale.

You will drive improvements across manufacturing, test, and integration, support development builds, and manage risk while contributing to a robust, efficient factory environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or similar.
• 5+ years of technical experience in a Manufacturing, Production, or Process Engineering environment.
• Hands-on debugging of electro-mechanical systems in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to deliver multiple complex assignments autonomously and with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with DFMEA/PFMEA methodologies and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Prepare feasibility studies and manufacturing technology R&D projects.
• Incorporate Design for Manufacture to ensure robustness and manufacturability at scale.
• Design, procure, install, validate assembly, test and verification processes for factories.
• Support development builds to accelerate production ramp-up and learnings.
• Own production lines to remove blockers and improve yield and efficiency.
• Triage failures, perform deep technical investigations, and determine corrective actions.

Skills

Manufacturing Eng

Electro-mechanical

DFMEA/PFMEA

Data analysis

Cross-functional

Autonomy

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Instrumentation

Data acquisition

Job description

Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Avionics & Test to lead and optimize manufacturing processes for avionics and test assemblies. The role involves hands-on debugging, process validation, and collaboration with design and production teams to ensure manufacturability at scale.

You will drive improvements across manufacturing, test, and integration, support development builds, and manage risk while contributing to a robust, efficient factory environment.