Spacecraft Propulsion Engineer II — Drive End-to-End Systems

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer II to own propulsion system development for civil, commercial, and defense programs. You will lead system-level and component-level propulsion efforts, perform modelling and test data analysis, and mentor engineers while advancing cutting-edge space technology at Rocket Lab.

Join a fast-paced engineering team that values rigorous design reviews, risk-based decision making, and end-to-end development from concept

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in propulsion system development or other high-performance field.
• US citizenship is required, due to program requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own development of new or existing products or systems, acting as technical lead to guide team through end-to-end development process.
• Conceptual and detailed performance calculations, systems modelling, analysis, and system designs.
• Requirements gathering, definition, and management. Systems engineering activities and leadership within the team.
• Test planning, setup, instrumentation, execution, and data analysis.
• Communicate with project stakeholders internal and external to the team.
• Technical risk-based decision making to the right/best solution when faced with an engineering challenge.
• Project management including schedule building and maintenance, identifying top priority items, tasking of other engineers and technicians, and communication of status to leadership and other teams.
• Mentorship and coaching of people within the team on technical and professional development.
• Defining and maintaining standard of excellence for their team through documentation, training, coaching, and review of others’ work.
• Contributing to engineering process development and documentation at Rocket Lab related to areas of experience.

Skills

Propulsion modelling

Systems engineering

Python data handling

Test data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Jama

NX CAD

Teamcenter

Windchill

Simulink

Simscape

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Spacecraft Propulsion Systems Engineer II to own propulsion system development for civil, commercial, and defense programs. You will lead system-level and component-level propulsion efforts, perform modelling and test data analysis, and mentor engineers while advancing cutting-edge space technology at Rocket Lab.

Join a fast-paced engineering team that values rigorous design reviews, risk-based decision making, and end-to-end development from concept