Senior Manufacturing Engineer I: Assembly & Integration

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

Benefits offered by this job

Top tier medical HMO

PPO & 100% company-sponsored HSA

Dental and vision coverage

3 weeks paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Job summary

Rocket Lab in California is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to optimize production lines, lead factory setup, and drive cross-functional improvements across design, manufacturing, and test teams.

The role emphasizes DFMEA/PFMEA, root-cause investigations, and hands-on engineering of scalable manufacturing processes. It offers a strong benefits package and compensation in line with CA standards.

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 identifying and solving complex manufacturing problems.
• Ability to deliver multiple complex assignments autonomously.
• Ability to coach and mentor others across teams.
• Detailed technical knowledge in complex manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare feasibility studies and support manufacturing R&D projects.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering to ensure manufacturability at scale.
• Engineer and deliver factory designs, installations, validations, and testing.
• Support development builds to accelerate ramp-up.
• Own production lines and drive yield improvements and efficiency.
• Diagnose failures and conduct root-cause investigations with corrective actions.
• Drive process improvements across manufacturing, test, and integration.
• Contribute to change management and risk assessment of design changes.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process optimization

Cross-functional teamwork

Design for Manufacturability

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering

Tools

DFMEA/PFMEA

Fault Tree Analysis

Root cause analysis

Lean manufacturing

Job description

Rocket Lab in California is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration to optimize production lines, lead factory setup, and drive cross-functional improvements across design, manufacturing, and test teams.

The role emphasizes DFMEA/PFMEA, root-cause investigations, and hands-on engineering of scalable manufacturing processes. It offers a strong benefits package and compensation in line with CA standards.