Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - Assembly & Integration

Manufacturing Engineering powers Rocket Lab’s factories from concept to full-scale production. We turn early ideas into manufacturable designs, build and optimize the systems that make them real, and constantly push for faster, better, smarter ways to build. We engineer the factories that build the rockets, boosting...

SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER I - ASSEMBLY & INTEGRATION

This role focuses on improving manufacturing processes by conducting feasibility studies, supporting product design for manufacturability, and leading factory setup and optimization. It involves troubleshooting production issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving process improvements, and supporting...

Prepare feasibility studies and conduct manufacturing technology Research & Development projects  
Partner with our Design Engineering teams to incorporate Design for Manufacture into our products to ensure robustness and manufacturability at scale  
Engineer and deliver our factories – design, procure, install, validate assembly, test and verification processes  
Support Development builds to uncover early learnings and resolve issues to accelerate the production ramp up  
Take engineering ownership of production lines to remove blockers, improve yield and increase build efficiency  
Triage and diagnose failures, conduct deep technical investigations and determine the right path forward including risk mitigation actions and root cause resolution  
Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve complex issues  
Drive process improvements across manufacturing, test and integration  
Contribute to change management, assessing risk and impact of design or process changes  
Support business system and process improvements to drive increased organizational effectiveness and efficiency  

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or similar  
5+ years of technical experience in a Manufacturing, Production, or Process Engineering environment 
Hands-on experience proactively identifying and solving systemic multifaceted problems in complex manufacturing systems
Ability to effectively deliver on multiple complex multifaceted assignments simultaneously with autonomy
Ability to effectively coach and mentor others to raise the bar across multiple teams 
Detailed technical knowledge in complex manufacturing processes
Working experience with environmental acceptance/production acceptance testing, such as vibration, shock, thermal, and vacuum 
Understanding of instrumentation, interfaces, and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors 
Experience with designing, implementing, and supporting a production line and/or build area 
Experience transitioning products from design to production as a part of cross-functional team in a fast-paced, iterative design environment 
Demonstrated experience with DFMEA, PFMEA methodologies, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto analysis, root cause and corrective action
Ability to effectively deliver on complex assignments with autonomy 

Citizenship of AU / NZ / EU / NATO