Senior Electrical Engineer I – Spacecraft Avionics (Secret)

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

401(k) with company match

Health, dental, vision plans

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer I to develop and test avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will define requirements, design PCBA layouts in Altium, perform circuit analyses, and verify hardware through testing and production support.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in electrical/computer engineering, 5+ years of experience, analog design expertise, SPICE/Excel skills, and an Active Secret Clearance with TS/SCI potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering; or other engineering discipline
• 5+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
• A strong background in analog electronics design
• Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel
• Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain a TS/SCI

Responsibilities

• Develop PCBA requirements in collaboration with other engineering disciplines
• Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer
• Circuit analysis, including power, tolerance, and reliability related
• PCBA design verification testing and system integration testing
• Production manufacturing support as needed

Skills

5+ years electrical hardware design

Analog electronics design

SPICE analysis

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering

Master’s or PhD in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

SPICE

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer I to develop and test avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will define requirements, design PCBA layouts in Altium, perform circuit analyses, and verify hardware through testing and production support.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in electrical/computer engineering, 5+ years of experience, analog design expertise, SPICE/Excel skills, and an Active Secret Clearance with TS/SCI potential.