Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Assembly & Process Excellence

Rocket Lab USA; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

HSA plan

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Paid holidays

Flexible spending

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Rocket Lab USA is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to advance production processes across our CA facilities. You will conduct feasibility studies, partner with Design Engineering to enable manufacturability, and lead factory setup and verification of processes.

Responsibilities include driving process improvements, troubleshooting production issues, mentoring teams, and supporting manufacturing readiness for ramp.

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 experience proactively identifying and solving systemic multifaceted problems in complex manufacturing systems.
• Ability to effectively deliver on multiple complex multifaceted assignments simultaneously with autonomy.
• Ability to effectively coach and mentor others to raise the bar across multiple teams.
• Detailed technical knowledge in complex manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare feasibility studies and conduct manufacturing technology Research & Development projects
• Partner with our Design Engineering teams to incorporate Design for Manufacture into our products to ensure robustness and manufacturability at scale
• Engineer and deliver our factories - design,procure, install,validateassembly,testand verification processes
• Support Development builds to uncover early learnings and resolve issues to accelerate the production ramp up
• Take engineering ownership of production lines to remove blockers, improveyieldand increase build efficiency
• Triage and diagnose failures, conduct deep technicalinvestigationsanddeterminethe right path forward including risk mitigation actions and root cause resolution
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve complex issues
• Drive process improvements across manufacturing,testand integration
• Contribute to change management, assessing risk and impact of design or process changes
• Support business system and process improvements to drive increased organizational effectiveness and efficiency

Skills

Manufacturing problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Autonomous execution

Mentoring others

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or similar

Tools

DFMEA/PFMEA

Root cause analysis

Process optimization tools

Job description

Rocket Lab USA is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to advance production processes across our CA facilities. You will conduct feasibility studies, partner with Design Engineering to enable manufacturability, and lead factory setup and verification of processes.

Responsibilities include driving process improvements, troubleshooting production issues, mentoring teams, and supporting manufacturing readiness for ramp.