Senior Electrical Engineer – Spacecraft Avionics & PCBA (Equity)

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock purchase program

Stock-based compensation

Top-tier medical plans

Dental and vision

Paid vacation and sick time

11 paid holidays

Flexible spending accounts

Dependent care accounts

Paid parental leave

Disability and life insurance

401(k) with company match

Subsidized EV charging

Onsite fitness centers

Discounted gym memberships

Snacks and beverages

50% discount on company merch

Job summary

Rocket Lab, based in Long Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer I to join our Space Systems team focused on avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will participate from requirements through design, prototyping, testing and production, with opportunities to test systems on orbit.

The role requires a BSEE or equivalent, 5+ years of hardware design experience, and a strong analog background.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Strong background in analog electronics design.
• Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel.
• U.S. citizenship required due to program requirements.

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

Electrical hardware design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Analog electronics design

SPICE analysis

Excel

US citizenship

FPGA design

Embedded software development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering

Master’s or PhD in electrical or computer engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Rocket Lab, based in Long Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer I to join our Space Systems team focused on avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will participate from requirements through design, prototyping, testing and production, with opportunities to test systems on orbit.

The role requires a BSEE or equivalent, 5+ years of hardware design experience, and a strong analog background.