Senior Manufacturing Engineer I - TPA

The role

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer develops new products and product revisions for Rutherford and Archimedes engines. This role has primary responsibility over the turbopump assembly for the Archimedes engine.

What you will do

• Mentor and coach people within the team on technical and professional development
• Define and maintain standard of excellence through documentation, training, coaching, and review
• Contribute to engineering process development and documentation
• Contribute to design reviews as an expert in design for manufacture, machining, productivity, and quality control
• Design, develop, and implement tooling and equipment for production
• Responsible for continuous improvement and cost reduction projects
• Collaborate with propulsion assembly technicians
• Perform Value Stream Mapping Exercises, Method of Manufacture plans, and cell design
• Implement Factory layouts, Equipment selection, FAT, SAT, and production commissioning
• Develop production processes and documentation including testing, health and safety, and supervisor signoffs

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing engineering, or similar engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience in a heavy development manufacturing environment
• Understanding of fluid and structural mechanics fundamentals
• Knowledge in manufacturing processes for aerospace materials
• Ability to perform prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust, and fumes

Nice to have

• Advanced engineering degree
• Experience with design, testing and development of turbopumps or similar turbomachinery
• Experience contributing to and steering design reviews and provide technical expertise in support of design for manufacture, test, and assembly
• Well versed in GD&T and inspection methods
• Working experience with capacity modeling, process mapping, Lean/Six Sigma and value stream mapping
• Experience with 3D CAD software and tooling design

Benefits

• Company stock
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount
• Medical plans (HMO, PPO, and zero cost HDHP)
• Significant 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) retirement plan with company match
• Subsidized EV charging

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of
• For New Zealand offices: must be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by ITAR
• For New Zealand offices: may be ineligible if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union, or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligibl

About the company

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems. The engineering team designs and develops rockets and spacecraft to access and use space.