Rocket Lab Corporation
Systems Engineer II
About this role
Rocket Lab seeks a Systems Engineer II to support spacecraft and payload development for civil, commercial, and defense missions. You'll own technical budgets, requirements, testing, and hands-on hardware development while collaborating across a world-class space systems team.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain technical budgets, system requirements, and verification techniques for spacecraft
- Create simulations, analysis, and test methods across vehicle functions
- Lead technical development and drive mission-specific engineering decisions
- Develop interface specifications, CONOPS documentation, and design artifacts
- Execute and analyze test data for flight hardware and subsystems
- Support program management and cross-functional collaboration
What they're looking for
- Systems engineering and technical requirements management
- Spacecraft subsystems knowledge (ADCS, EPS, C&DH, thermal, communications)
- MATLAB and Python
- Orbital mechanics and rigid body dynamics
- STK, JAMA, or DOORS tools
- Test planning and hardware integration (thermal vacuum, vibration, HITL)
- Technical documentation and design specification writing
- Problem-solving in dynamic, multi-priority environments
Benefits
- Company stock ownership and equity grants
- Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount
- Top-tier medical plans including zero-cost HDHP with HSA contribution
- Dental and vision coverage
- Paid vacation, sick time, and 11 paid holidays
- Flexible spending accounts
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Rocket Lab Corporation
Rocket Lab builds spacecraft and satellites that it launches on its own rockets, developing the avionics, flight software, and ground systems needed to operate these vehicles in orbit. The company is hiring software engineers, test automation specialists, and spacecraft operations engineers to develop embedded flight software, design testing systems, and manage satellite fleet health across commercial and government missions.
View all jobs at Rocket Lab CorporationLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience supporting a spacecraft or satellite program from concept through testing—what was your specific role?
- Describe your experience developing technical budgets or maintaining system requirements for a complex aerospace program.