Harness Design Engineer II Verified today
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems. The Space Systems team has enabled more than 1,700 missions for partners including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force, with work on missions to the Moon and Mars.
The Role
Based in Long Beach, CA, you will design electrical harnesses for our spacecraft, including organizing interfaces, selecting components, specifying split locations and lengths, and generating design documentation for CAD modelling. You will also assist in electrical engineering activities for spacecraft and space systems components, including avionics circuit design, analysis, prototyping and testing.
Harness Design Responsibilities
- Perform or support 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 product lifecycle management 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 on design of electronic assemblies for satellite and spacecraft programs
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
- 2+ years of electrical engineering or avionics experience
- US citizenship required due to program requirements
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
- Experience in aerospace or 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 including Teamcenter
- Experience with requirement management tools such as JAMA
- Experience testing electrical subsystems and assemblies, thermal vacuum testing, random vibration testing, and hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Proficiency in power electronics, communication systems (RS-422, SPI, Ethernet, CAN bus), signal integrity, and grounding
- Proficiency with instrumentation including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment with competing priorities
Compensation
- Base salary: $100,800 to $126,000 USD
- Total compensation including equity: $110,875 to $143,625 USD
- Company stock as part of compensation package
- Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers, gym discounts, complimentary snacks and beverages, employee merchandise discount and other perks
Working Conditions
This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, and computer work, with occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.