Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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This newly created offers a fantastic opportunity for an experienced manufacturing engineer to join Rocket Lab’s Propulsion Team.  As Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer you will work with the team to develop and improve the production of Rocket Lab’s Rutherford Engine components and assemblies.

Working closely with the R&D team in Auckland you will also interact daily with Rocket Lab’s Production Facility in Huntington Beach, USA, as well as working with a global network of suppliers. 

Key tasks will include troubleshooting of detail component defects up to developing new assembly tooling fixtures and procedures and working with the design team to improve production time and quality.

Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer Key Responsibilities

• Perform manufacturability reviews on new designs
• Develop new and review existing production processes for precision machined parts, additive manufactured parts, fabricated parts and o assemblies
• Work alongside design engineers and supply chain to bring newly developed hardware into production to meet flight schedule
• Achieve “production ready” date from “design freeze” date
• Proactively identify opportunities for quality improvements or cost/efficiency reductions
• Reactively troubleshoot and resolve production quality, cost and delivery issues
• Work with technicians and other engineers performing production to create simple and easy to interpret processes
• Support the design and test teams in qualification testing of new designs
• Develop production acceptance testing process and equipment based on qualification testing requirements

Minimum requirements

• A degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace engineering or equivalent qualification
• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing or production environments
• Proficient knowledge in Solidworks or equivalent CAD program experience
• Strong Document management system experience
• Manual and CNC machining experience
• Excellent knowledge of manufacturing processes
• The ability to take a prototype into production
• Lean manufacturing experience
• Hands on experience

About Rocket Lab 

Rocket Lab’s mission is to revolutionize the way we access space. We develop and launch advanced rockets to put small payloads into orbit more frequently, at a fraction of the cost of cumbersome traditional launch services. We are ushering in a new era of unprecedented access to space.

Small satellites have a crucial role to play in improving understanding of our planet and humanity’s impact on it. Rocket Lab’s lightweight carbon composite Electron launch vehicle is designed to give these satellites dedicated launches and flexible orbit options. From real-time earth imaging and improved natural disaster prediction, to crop management and global internet, improved access to space enables us to take informed, deliberate steps in the management of our planet.

On May 25 2017, Electron made history as the first orbital-class launch vehicle to reach space from a private launch facility. It marked a significant milestone in eliminating commercial barriers and opening space for business. Founded in 2006 by Peter Beck, Rocket Lab is headquartered in Los Angeles with operations and a launch site in New Zealand. It is a privately funded company with investors including Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lockheed Martin, Promus Ventures and Data Collective.

Important Information:
For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant.  These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States' International Traffic in Arms Regulations.  Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role 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 ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.  For more information on these Regulations, click here http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html.