Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Avionics & Test

Position: Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Avionics & Test
ABOUT ROCKET LABRocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

MANUFACTURINGManufacturing Engineering powers Rocket Lab’s factories from concept to full-scale production. We turn early ideas into manufacturable designs, build and optimize the systems that make them real, and constantly push for faster, better, smarter ways to build. We engineer the factories that build the rockets, boosting quality, cutting cost, and accelerating build rate. SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER I - AVIONICS& TESTThis role centers on testing and avionics, involving hands-on debugging of electro-mechanical and avionics systems, optimizing manufacturing processes, and supporting product design for manufacturability.

It also includes troubleshooting production issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving process improvements. WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:
Prepare feasibility studies and conduct manufacturing technology Research & Development projects Partner with our Design Engineering teams to incorporate Design for Manufacture into our products to ensure robustness and manufacturability at scale  Engineer and deliver our factories – design, procure, install, validate assembly, test and verification processes  Support Development builds to uncover early learnings and resolve issues to accelerate the production ramp up  Take engineering ownership of production lines to remove blockers, improve yield and increase build efficiency  Triage and diagnose failures, conduct deep technical investigations and determine the right path forward including risk mitigation actions and root cause resolution  Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve complex issues  Drive process improvements across manufacturing, test and integration  Contribute to change management, assessing risk and impact of design or process changes  Support business system and process improvements to drive increased organizational effectiveness and efficiency  YOU’LL BRING THESE

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or similar  5+ years of technical experience in a Manufacturing, Production, or Process Engineering environment Hands-on experience proactively identifying and solving systemic multifaceted problems in complex manufacturing systems  Ability to effectively deliver on multiple complex multifaceted assignments simultaneously with autonomy Ability to effectively coach and mentor others to raise the bar across multiple teams   Detailed technical knowledge in complex manufacturing processes Hands-on technical experience debugging complex electro-mechanical systems in a manufacturing environment Significant experience with data acquisition and analyses THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

Working experience with environmental acceptance/production acceptance testing, such as vibration, shock, thermal, and vacuum Understanding of instrumentation, interfaces, and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors

Experience with designing, implementing, and supporting a production line and/or build area Experience transitioning products from design to production as a part of cross-functional team in a fast-paced, iterative design environment Demonstrated experience with DFMEA, PFMEA methodologies, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto analysis, root cause and corrective action This position may require prolonged periods of…