Senior Electrical Engineer I — Spacecraft Avionics (Secret)

Rocket Lab Corp.; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab, headquartered in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer I to help design and test avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will define requirements, perform design and verification, and work across disciplines to deliver hardware ready for on-orbit testing.

The role offers collaboration with multi-functional teams, hands-on testing, and opportunities to test systems on orbit, with a focus on reliability and space-grade performance in a fast-paced environment.

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

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Analog electronics

Circuit analysis

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master’s or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering (nice to have)

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes

DMMs

Power supplies

Job description

Rocket Lab, headquartered in Long Beach, CA, seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer I to help design and test avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will define requirements, perform design and verification, and work across disciplines to deliver hardware ready for on-orbit testing.

The role offers collaboration with multi-functional teams, hands-on testing, and opportunities to test systems on orbit, with a focus on reliability and space-grade performance in a fast-paced environment.