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SPACE SYSTEMS

At Rocket Lab, we're not just launching rockets - we're building the future of space. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.

Our Space Systems team has enabled more than 1,700 missions, ranging from interplanetary exploration, in-space manufacturing to national security and defense initiatives. The team has built spacecraft, payloads, and components for missions to the Moon and Mars, working with partners including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force. Whether it's a single high-performance spacecraft, constellation, or the vertically integrated components that help them get to space - our world class Space Systems team is empowering some of the boldest and most ambitious space missions.

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER I/II

Rocket Lab's Optical Systems division solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) challenges for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. Building on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared systems innovation from Geost, Optical Systems delivers solutions to the warfighter for responsive, scalable sensing solutions across all orbital domains.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer I/II based at our Optical Systems site in Tucson, Arizona, you will participate in the development and test of electrical systems/subsystems hardware for our space payload programs. You will work collaboratively with engineers of various disciplines and participate in all aspects of electrical hardware development, from requirements definition through design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and production. As an engineer on the space payloads team, you will have unique opportunities to develop optical systems that will be on-orbit. Join a driven team of pioneers relentlessly tackling projects, delivering on the impossible, and making an impact on the future of space!

(Please note: this position can be hired at the Senior Electrical Engineer I or Senior Electrical Engineer II level)

WHAT YOU'LL GET TO DO: 

• Develop PCBA requirements in collaboration with other engineering disciplines
• Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer
• PCBA design verification testing and system integration testing
• Circuit analysis, including power, tolerance, and reliability related
• Harness development, routing design and testing
• Production manufacturing support as needed

QUALIFICATIONS YOU'LL BRING AS SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER I:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technical discipline
• 5+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
• Experience with analog and digital electronics design

QUALIFICATIONS YOU'LL BRING AS SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER II:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technical discipline
• 8+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
• Experience with analog and digital electronics design

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

• Master's or PHD in electrical or computer engineering; or other engineering discipline
• Proficiency with Altium Designer for schematic capture and layout of complex PCBs
• Proficiency with basic electronic lab equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, soldering irons
• Knowledge with processors, FPGAs, switch mode power supplies, communications interfaces, and analog instrumentation
• 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 in general
• Experience with FPGA design and embedded software development for ARM core processors
• Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel
• Demonstrated success working in a dynamic environment and ability to manage competing priorities

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
• Regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, operate computer keyboard and controls, and communicate verbally and in writing 
• Must be physically able to commute to buildings 
• Occasional exposure to dust, fumes and moderate levels of noise