Project Engineer

Rocket Lab Corporation·Auckland, NZ·Posted 8 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. Rocket Lab is looking for an Avionics Project Engineer to join the Electron programme as we expand the vehicle's capabilities and increase our production and launch cadence. In this role, you'll plan, coordinate and deliver engineering changes to Electron's avionics hardware, from flight computers and harnesses to sensors and safety systems, ensuring they're introduced into production smoothly and on schedule. Working directly within the Avionics Development engineering team, and closely with Supply Chain and Production, you'll own the configuration and master data for avionics assemblies, making sure every change is well scoped, resourced and executed to the quality standard required for 100% mission success. This is a role that suits someone who takes ownership of problems, is detail orientated, highly organised and comfortable moving fast across…

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