Team Lead - Electron Vehicle Development

Rocket Lab Corporation·Auckland, NZ·Posted 22 October 2026

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ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us. ABOUT THE ROLE The Electron Vehicle Development team owns the structures, mechanisms, and fluids systems that make Electron fly. The team generates, analyses, and implements new designs and design improvements across the vehicle. It works closely with Production, Program Management, and the wider Electron Engineering group to make every vehicle better, cheaper, and lower risk than the last. As Team Lead, your job is to build and lead a high-performing team of Vehicle Development Engineers. You'll succeed through your people: setting direction, developing talent, removing roadblocks, and creating an environment where engineers do their best work and deliver with the right level of rigour. You'll make the tough prioritisation and risk/reward calls, represent the team across the business, and act as deputy to the Electron Engineering Manager whenever…

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