Team Lead - Avionics Hardware

Overview

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more — all with the goal of opening access space.

The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable important space missions globally, supporting scientific exploration, Earth observation, climate change missions, national security, and technology demonstrations.

Our Electron rocket is among the most frequently launched U.S. rockets and has delivered more than 230 satellites to orbit.

We are developing Neutron, a new large, reusable launch vehicle for larger constellation deployment.

The Space Systems business designs and builds our satellites, payloads, and components, including spacecraft selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.

Rocket Lab's Neutron team is responsible for bringing the Neutron launch vehicle to life, from design and testing to launch sites across the United States.

Team Lead – Neutron Avionics

The Team Lead – Neutron Avionics Hardware is the subject matter expert and people leader for the Neutron Avionics Hardware team.

This team is responsible for the end-to-end development of Avionics products for the Neutron launch vehicle, from concept through to production readiness, including schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, development testing, design release, bring-up, and production handover.

This also includes qualification testing for both in-house designs and commercial off-the-shelf devices.

What you'll get to do :

Lead the end-to-end development of new avionics products from requirements capture (in collaboration with systems engineers), through circuit design, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, and qualification testing, to full production readiness

Oversee the review and release of schematics and PCB designs

Lead, develop, plan, and / or execute development and qualification test campaigns for avionics components (in-house and COTS)

Proactively identify competing test priorities or requirements and provide recommendations to de-conflict these

You'll bring these qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in an applicable engineering field or equivalent professional experience

5+ years relevant industry experience

Demonstrated technical and / or people leadership experience

High proficiency in at least two of the following electronics domains : analog; high-speed digital; power electronics

High proficiency in engineering design tools, including circuit simulation and analysis

These qualifications would be nice to have :

Demonstrated good engineering judgement, looking at all available options to solve a problem

Understanding of electrical test equipment, test procedures, and data acquisition systems

Experience designing hardware from concept through production

If the above sounds like you apply now!

What to expect

We're on a mission to unlock the potential of space to improve life on Earth, but that's not an easy task.

It takes hard work, determination, relentless innovation, teamwork, grit, and an unwavering commitment to achieving what others often deem impossible.

Our people out-think, out-work and out-pace.

We pride ourselves on having each other's backs, checking our egos at the door, and rolling up our sleeves on all tasks big and small.

We thrive under pressure, work to tight deadlines, and our focus is always on how we can deliver, rather than dwelling on the challenges that stand in the way.

For candidates seeking to work in US offices only

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and / or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.

Learn more about ITAR here.

Rocket Lab provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment at Rocket Lab, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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A response to your request may take up to two business days.

For candidates seeking to work in New Zealand offices only

For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant.

These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States' International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.

For more information on these Regulations, you can view ITAR Regulations here.

Rocket Lab is required to comply with US export compliance laws & regulations including ITAR and EAR.

These regulations restrict whom Rocket Lab can share materials with, and whom can receive those materials.

Access to these materials is required for employment at Rocket Lab; being unable to meet these export compliance requirements means that you will be ineligible for employment at Rocket Lab.

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