Senior Electrical Engineer I - Secret Clearance Verified today
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Our Space Systems team has enabled over 1,700 missions for NASA, the Space Development Agency, the U.S. Space Force, and commercial partners.
The Role
Based in Long Beach, CA, you will develop and test avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will work across all phases of electrical hardware development 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
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related engineering discipline
- 5 or more years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
- Strong background in analog electronics design
- Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel
- Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI
Nice to Have
- Master's or PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related discipline
- Proficiency with basic electronic lab equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, and soldering irons
- Experience designing for space environments, including radiation impacts and mitigation
- Experience designing for 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 managing competing priorities in dynamic environments
Compensation and Benefits
Base pay range (California): $132,000 to $198,000 USD. You will receive company stock as part of your total compensation package. Benefits include an Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount, medical plans (HMO, PPO, zero-cost HDHP with HSA company 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.
Required Eligibility
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations including ITAR, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident with a current Green Card, lawfully admitted as a refugee, granted asylum, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or U.S. Department of Commerce.