Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer - Secret Clearance

Rocket Lab; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer I with SECRET clearance to help develop high-performance satellite deployment systems and spacecraft buses. Based at our Long Beach headquarters, you will collaborate with Space Systems and business teams to deliver critical components for mission concepts.

You will own designs from concept through production, perform hand-calcs and FEA, and lead design reviews with stakeholders to ensure robust, lightweight

Responsibilities

• Support the Business Development team with proposals and mission concepts
• Develop high performance and lightweight satellite systems, mechanisms, and satellite bus configurations for our customers
• Develop concepts and satellite configurations for high value science and interplanetary missions
• Define what mechanisms look like on a modern satellite system/bus
• Own component designs from conceptual design through production, test, and operation
• Perform hand-calcs and FEA to drive design decisions
• Lead key component design, manufacturing, and test reviews
• Create and maintain product definition through CAD, production drawings, and test and operations

Skills

Hand-calcs

FEA

CAD

Satellite systems

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer I with SECRET clearance to help develop high-performance satellite deployment systems and spacecraft buses. Based at our Long Beach headquarters, you will collaborate with Space Systems and business teams to deliver critical components for mission concepts.

You will own designs from concept through production, perform hand-calcs and FEA, and lead design reviews with stakeholders to ensure robust, lightweight