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About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, and expand humanity's reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
The Space Systems Team
Our Space Systems team builds complete spacecraft, precision payloads, and components including solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, and radios. We've enabled more than 1,700 missions for NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force, including missions to the Moon and Mars.
The Role
We are seeking an Electrical Engineer I for our avionics design engineering team in Long Beach, CA. You will participate in the development and test of avionics hardware for our spacecraft programs, working collaboratively across engineering disciplines from requirements definition through design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and production. You will have frequent opportunities to test and operate your systems on orbit.
What You'll Do
- Develop PCBA requirements in collaboration with other engineering disciplines
- Perform schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer
- Conduct circuit analysis, including power, tolerance, and reliability studies
- Execute PCBA design verification testing and system integration testing
- Provide production manufacturing support as needed
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering, or other engineering discipline
- Strong background in analog electronics design
- Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel
- U.S. citizenship required due to program requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering, or other engineering discipline
- Proficiency with basic electronic lab equipment: power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, soldering irons
- Experience designing for space environments, including radiation impacts and mitigation
- Experience in high-reliability aerospace applications
- Experience designing rigid-flex PCBs and electromechanical design
- Experience with FPGA design and embedded software development for ARM core processors
- Demonstrated success working in dynamic environments and managing competing priorities
Compensation and Benefits
Base pay range (CA only): $88,000 to $132,000 USD. Compensation includes company stock as part of your total package.
Benefits include an Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount, top-tier medical plans (HMO, PPO, zero cost HDHP with HSA contribution), dental and vision coverage, paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, 401(k) with company match, subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers, discounted gym memberships, complimentary snacks and beverages, 50% employee discount on merchandise, and various other employee discounts.
Working Conditions
This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.