Senior Electrical Engineer II - Secret Clearance Verified today
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems. We develop complete spacecraft, precision payloads, solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, and radios. Our Space Systems team has enabled more than 1,700 missions, ranging from interplanetary exploration to national security initiatives, working with NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force.
The Role
Based in Long Beach, CA, you will develop and test avionics hardware for our spacecraft programs. You will work with engineers across disciplines on all aspects 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
- Support production manufacturing as needed
Your Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 8 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
- 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
- Active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI
Nice to Have
- Master's or PhD in electrical or computer engineering
- Proficiency with electronic lab equipment: 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
- Demonstrated success working in dynamic environments and managing competing priorities
Compensation
Base salary: $141,800-$212,600 USD. Total compensation (base and equity): $174,300-$269,875 USD. Anticipated annual equity grant value is designed around function, level, experience, and other factors; realized value depends on vesting and stock-price performance.
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package includes company stock (Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount), top-tier 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 other employee discounts.
Requirements
To work in US offices, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), granted refugee or asylum status, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or Commerce under ITAR regulations.
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.