Space Systems Mechanical Engineering Manager

Telemetry Today LLC; Pasadena (CA); Presencial; USD 152.000 - 253.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Company stock bonus

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation & sick time

Onsite fitness centers

Discounted merch store

Descripción de la vacante

Rocket Lab in Pasadena, CA seeks a Manager of Mechanical Engineering to lead a hands-on, high-performing team focused on space robotics and precision mechanisms. You will guide design, build, analysis, and environmental testing of flight and ground hardware, while mentoring engineers and shaping program execution.

The role demands strong CAD, GD&T, and leadership experience with high-reliability hardware, plus the ability to drive technical decisions across architecture, packaging, and

Formación

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or another related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of hands-on mechanical engineering experience, including experience leading development efforts and supporting teams of engineers.
• Proven track record delivering high-reliability or spaceflight hardware from concept through design, build, integration, environmental test, qualification, and delivery.
• Experience managing or technically leading engineers, including prioritization, mentoring, technical review, performance feedback, staffing support, and professional development.
• Strong background in mechanical design, precision mechanisms, robotics, electromechanical assemblies, aerospace hardware, tooling, fixtures, ground support equipment, or related systems.
• Experience with the full mechanical development cycle, including requirements definition, concept development, trade studies, CAD, analysis, drawing release, procurement, assembly, test, troubleshooting, and production readiness.
• Experience designing and delivering space mechanisms or similar high-reliability motion systems, including motorized mechanisms, actuators, gimbals, gear trains, harmonic drives, bearings, motors, rotary sensors, springs, release devices, and kinematic or pseudo-kinematic interfaces.
• Strong experience with SolidWorks as the primary CAD tool, including CAD modeling, production drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, mechanical analysis, bills of material, and design documentation.
• Hands-on experience supporting hardware assembly, integration, troubleshooting, inspection, environmental test, qualification, and design iteration.

Responsabilidades

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of mechanical engineers delivering space robotics, precision mechanisms, electromechanical assemblies, tooling, fixtures, ground support equipment, and related high-reliability hardware.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture built around technical ownership, practical design execution, clear documentation, hands-on hardware delivery, and accountability.
• Support staffing, utilization, mentoring, performance feedback, career development, resource planning, budgets, and functional priorities across programs.
• Serve as a hands-on technical contributor while leading the team, including developing mechanical concepts, creating and reviewing SolidWorks CAD, performing trade studies, supporting analysis, resolving design issues, and driving hardware through build, test, and delivery.
• Own and lead mechanical design efforts from concept through CAD, analysis, drawing release, procurement, assembly, integration, environmental test, qualification, and delivery.
• Drive technical decisions on mechanical architecture, packaging, interfaces, tolerance strategy, materials, fabrication approach, assembly flow, inspection planning, verification, and design risk.
• Identify technical, schedule, staffing, manufacturing, and test risks; develop mitigation plans to improve program execution and delivery.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Mentoring

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on supervision

Educación

Bachelors in Mechanical/Aerospace/Mechatronics/Robotics

Herramientas

SolidWorks

CAD modeling

GD&T

Mechanical analysis

Descripción del empleo

Rocket Lab in Pasadena, CA seeks a Manager of Mechanical Engineering to lead a hands-on, high-performing team focused on space robotics and precision mechanisms. You will guide design, build, analysis, and environmental testing of flight and ground hardware, while mentoring engineers and shaping program execution.

The role demands strong CAD, GD&T, and leadership experience with high-reliability hardware, plus the ability to drive technical decisions across architecture, packaging, and