Spacecraft Harness Design Engineer I

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Top-tier medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Rocket Lab Corporation is seeking a Harness Design Engineer I to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, select components, specify layouts, and produce CAD-ready design docs in Long Beach, CA. You will assist avionics with circuit design, prototyping, and testing, contributing to mission-ready space hardware.

You’ll work in multi-disciplinary teams, develop test plans, and help optimize electronics for performance and manufacturability while collaborating with the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering or other engineering degree.
• Experience with electrical engineering or avionics.
• US citizenship is required, due to program requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform harness layout and connector/back shell selection for spacecraft.
• Generate pinout tables for harness connectors based on interconnect diagrams.
• Create and maintain BOMs in the PLM tool for harnessing.
• Assist in creating electrical system schematics and harness design documentation.
• Develop test plans for avionics subsystems and components.
• Analyze and optimize spacecraft avionics circuits for performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Participate in design reviews representing the avionics electrical engineering team.
• Collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams on electronic assemblies for satellite programs.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Avionics

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering

Tools

LT Spice

Altium

Siemens Teamcenter

JAMA

Job description

Rocket Lab Corporation is seeking a Harness Design Engineer I to design electrical harnesses for spacecraft, organize interfaces, select components, specify layouts, and produce CAD-ready design docs in Long Beach, CA. You will assist avionics with circuit design, prototyping, and testing, contributing to mission-ready space hardware.

You’ll work in multi-disciplinary teams, develop test plans, and help optimize electronics for performance and manufacturability while collaborating with the