Senior Electrical Engineer I​/II

Rocket Lab is an end‑to‑end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more. Our goal is to open access to space.

Position located at our Optical Systems site in Tucson, Arizona. This role participates in the development and testing of electrical systems/subsystems hardware for our space payload programs across all stages from requirements intake to production.

• Develop PCBA requirements in collaboration with other engineering disciplines
• Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer
• PCBA design verification testing and system integration testing
• Conduct circuit analysis, including power, tolerance, and reliability related assessments
• Design harnesses, routing, and conduct related testing
• Provide production manufacturing support as needed

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline
• 5+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
• Experience with analog and digital electronics design

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline
• 8+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
• Experience with analog and digital electronics design

• Master’s or Ph.D. in electrical, computer, or related engineering
• Advanced proficiency with Altium Designer for complex PCB layout
• Proficiency with laboratory equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, soldering irons
• Knowledge of processors, FPGAs, switch‑mode power supplies, communications interfaces, and analog instrumentation
• Experience designing for space environments, including radiation mitigation and high‑reliability aerospace applications
• Experience with rigid‑flex PCBs and electromechanical design
• Experience with FPGA design and embedded software development for ARM core processors
• Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel
• Demonstrated success working in a dynamic environment and managing competing priorities

• Strong visual acuity, including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
• Regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, operate a computer keyboard and controls, and communicate verbally and in writing
• Physically able to commute to buildings
• Occasional exposure to dust, fumes, and moderate levels of noise

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.