Senior Electrical Engineer II Verified today
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering launch services, spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, and satellite components. Our Electron rocket has delivered more than 230 satellites to orbit. We are developing Neutron, a reusable medium-lift launch vehicle. Our Space Systems business has enabled more than 1,700 missions, including spacecraft and components for NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
The Role
Based in Long Beach, CA, you will participate in the development and test of avionics hardware for our spacecraft programs. You will work collaboratively with engineers of various disciplines across 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 Will 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
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering, 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's or PhD in electrical or computer engineering, 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 and Benefits
Base salary range (CA): $145,000 to $210,000 USD. Compensation is determined based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Benefits include medical HMO, PPO and company-sponsored HSA option, dental and vision coverage, 3 weeks paid vacation and 5 days sick leave per year, 11 paid holidays per year, flexible spending and dependent care savings accounts, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, discounted employee stock purchase program, subsidized EV charging stations, onsite gym, food and drinks, and other discounts. Company equity may also be available. Eligibility varies based on employment status.
Work Environment
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.