DevOps Engineer II​/Senior

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access to space. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of the most ambitious and vital space missions globally, supporting scientific exploration, Earth observation and missions to combat climate change, national security, and exciting new technology demonstrations.

Our Electron rocket has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered more than 230 satellites to orbit, all while we work to develop Neutron, our upcoming medium-lift, reusable launch vehicle for larger constellation deployment. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.

At Rocket Lab, we're not just launching rockets — we're building the future of space. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.

Our Space Systems team has enabled more than 1,700 missions, ranging from interplanetary exploration, in‑space manufacturing to national security and defense initiatives. The team has built spacecraft, payloads, and components for missions to the Moon and Mars, working with partners including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force.

As a Dev Ops Engineer II/ Senior based at Rocket Lab's site in Littleton, CO, you will revolutionize software quality assurance through AI‑driven automation and intelligent systems. This role sits within the Dev Sec Ops  organization and focuses on building autonomous AI ecosystems that continuously monitor, analyze, and improve software quality across all organizational programs and platforms.

You will design and implement AI agents that automatically troubleshoot CI/CD testing failures, generate actionable insights, identify quality gaps, and proactively address findings within organizational software before they impact mission‑critical operations. This highly technical, automation‑focused role is for someone who sees software quality engineering as an opportunity to build intelligent systems that work 24/7.

Your work will directly close quality gaps and elevate the security, reliability, and performance of software systems supporting space missions.

• Build and maintain AI‑powered quality automation ecosystems that monitor CI/CD pipelines across multiple programs and platforms
• Design and implement AI agents that automatically detect, analyze, and troubleshoot software testing failures with minimal human intervention
• Develop intelligent reporting systems that provide real‑time quality metrics, trend analysis, and actionable recommendations to leadership
• Create automated notification and alerting systems that proactively engage teams when quality issues are detected
• Identify and close quality gaps in organizational software through systematic analysis of findings, patterns, and root causes
• Leverage machine learning and AI tools to predict potential quality issues before they occur
• Integrate LLMs and AI assistants into testing workflows to enhance test coverage and defect detection
• Produce comprehensive automated test suites that run continuously in CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with Dev Sec Ops  teams to ensure security, quality, and compliance throughout the SDLC
• Drive continuous improvement through data‑driven insights and AI‑enhanced quality processes
• Manually test complex edge cases that AI systems flag as high‑priority or difficult to automate
• Work with development teams through code reviews and integrated pipelines to ensure quality is built in from the start

(This position can be hired at Dev Ops Engineer II or Senior Dev Ops Engineer I level.)