People & Culture Intern Summer 2027

The role

You will gain hands-on experience in People & Culture operations and the employee life cycle. You will work with a mentor and other employees to apply engineering and industry concepts to solve challenges.

What you will do

• Work closely with a mentor and other employees to apply knowledge and grow skills
• Apply engineering and industry concepts to solve real challenges
• Attend frequent 1:1s with mentors and supervisors
• Provide progress updates
• Attend tech talks and network through social and professional events

Required qualifications

• Enrolled in a bachelor’s, master's or doctorate program in Business Administration, Human Resources, Management or related field
• At least one semester of school remaining post internship
• GPA of 3.0 or above
• 3+ months of corporate function experience within the areas of Human Resources
• Able to work full-time, on-site for a minimum of 12 consecutive weeks beginning May or June 2027

Nice to have

• GPA of 3.5 or above
• 6+ months of corporate function experience within the areas of Human Resources
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office (Powerpoint & Excel)
• Strong time management skills and attentive to details

Benefits

• Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount on company stock
• Medical plans (HMO, PPO, and zero cost HDHP option)
• 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
• Stipend to subsidize relocation costs
• Subsidized EV charging

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident, or refugee/asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce
• For New Zealand offices, background checks including nationality checks will be undertaken

About the company

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems. They move fast and build real hardware for meaningful missions.