Harness Design Engineer I Verified today
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for missions ranging from interplanetary exploration to national security. The Space Systems team has enabled over 1,700 missions and built spacecraft and components for the Moon and Mars with partners including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force.
The Role
Based in Long Beach, CA, you will design electrical harnesses for Rocket Lab spacecraft and assist with avionics engineering activities. You will organize interfaces, select components, specify split locations and lengths, and generate design documentation for the spacecraft engineering team.
Harness Design Responsibilities
- Perform harness layout, connector and back shell selection, wire selection, and shielding design
- Generate pinout tables for harness connectors based on spacecraft interconnect diagrams
- Create and maintain BOMs for harnessing in the PLM tool
- Assist in creating documentation for electrical system schematics and harness designs
Avionics Support Responsibilities
- Develop test plans and procedures for avionics subsystems and components
- Perform analysis and evaluations to optimize spacecraft avionics circuits for performance, reliability, and manufacturability
- Participate in internal design and customer-facing review meetings
- Work in multi-disciplinary teams to assist in design of electronic assemblies for satellite and spacecraft programs
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or other engineering discipline
- Experience with electrical engineering or avionics
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or other engineering discipline
- Experience in aerospace/defense industry
- Experience supporting satellite development programs and satellite operations
- Understanding of space environment, orbital mechanics, and rigid body dynamics
- Experience with LT Spice, Altium, and Siemens software suite (Teamcenter)
- Experience with requirement management tools such as JAMA
- Experience testing electrical subsystems and assemblies, thermal vacuum, random vibration, and hardware-in-loop testing
- Proficiency in electronics principles and electrical systems including power electronics, communication systems (RS-422, SPI, Ethernet, CAN bus), signal integrity, and grounding
- Proficiency with instrumentation and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors
- Ability to work in dynamic environment with competing priorities
Compensation
- Base Salary: $82,400 to $103,000 USD
- Total Compensation (base and equity): $89,350 to $115,025 USD
Benefits
Competitive benefits include company stock as part of compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount, 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 other employee discounts.
Requirements
Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or Department of Commerce to comply with ITAR regulations.