Senior Electrical 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 and built spacecraft and payloads for partners including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force.
The Role
Based in Long Beach, CA, you will participate in the development and test of avionics hardware for spacecraft programs. You will work collaboratively across engineering disciplines on all aspects of electrical hardware development, from requirements definition through design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and production. You will have opportunities to test and operate your systems on-orbit.
What You'll Do
- Develop PCBA requirements in collaboration with other engineering disciplines
- Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer
- Circuit analysis, including power, tolerance, and reliability related
- PCBA design verification testing and system integration testing
- Production manufacturing support as needed
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, computer, or other engineering discipline
- 8+ 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
- Proficiency with Altium Designer for schematic capture and layout of complex PCBs
- Knowledge of processors, FPGAs, switch mode power supplies, communication interfaces and analog instrumentation
- U.S. citizenship required due to program requirements
Nice to Have
- Master's or PhD in electrical, computer, or other engineering discipline
- Proficiency with basic electronic lab equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, 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 familiarity
- Experience with FPGA design and embedded software development for ARM core processors
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment
Compensation
Base salary: $141,800 to $212,600 USD. Total compensation including equity: $174,300 to $269,875 USD. Equity grant value is designed around function, level, experience, and other factors; realized value depends on vesting and stock-price performance.
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits include Employee Stock Purchase Program (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 merch store, and additional 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.