Electrical Test Engineer

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Rocket Lab

Auckland, NZ

On-site

Posted February 26, 2026

Job Description

ABOUT ROCKET LAB

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access space. The rockets and satellites we build, and launch enable some of the most ambitious and vital space missions globally, supporting scientific exploration, Earth observation and missions to combat climate change, national security, and exciting new technology demonstrations.

Our Electron rocket has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered more than 230 satellites to orbit, all while we work to develop Neutron, our upcoming medium-lift, reusable launch vehicle for larger constellation deployment. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.

ABOUT SPACE SYSTEMS AT ROCKET LAB:

Rocket Lab’s Space Systems team is responsible for every satellite and satellite component made by Rocket Lab: from complete satellites destined for missions to the Moon and Mars, to the individual components and subsystems that make up a satellite like solar panels, flight software, reaction wheels and star trackers, separation systems, radios, and more. Our Space Systems team is made up of engineers and technicians who design, create, and put together our own satellites for missions across the commercial, government, and defense sectors, or who build and assemble satellite hardware and software that supports other satellite missions.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a member of the Ion Propulsion Team, you will be on the front-line of cutting-edge avionics hardware development. You will have the unique opportunity to support the creation, test, and deployment of avionics hardware and systems that go into orbit. This includes, but is not limited to, power electronic systems, high-voltage components, and high reliability control electronics. Your role working with avionics hardware is critical in ensuring quality and reliability in a fast-paced development environment all the way through to scale production.

WHAT YOU'LL GET TO DO:

Work hands on and take ownership for verifying that hardware meets all requirements and will complete our missions successfully
Collaborate with design engineers and external customers to generate and document test requirements, based on system functional requirements
Contribute to improving designs for reliability and testability; completing risk analysis and failure mode effects and criticality analysis (FMECA)
Develop, plan, and execute test campaigns for avionics components to test their performance and function in various environments like random vibration, mechanical shock, thermal vacuum, and radiation
Test data analysis and reporting, anomaly root cause investigation and troubleshooting; ensuring that any issues found in test are fully resolved in the final hardware
Create documentation for procedures, maintenance, and calibration of new test systems. Provide training and ongoing support for the use of new test

YOU'LL BRING THESE QUALIFICATIONS:

A passion for engineering, keen attention to detail, and eagerness to learn
Bachelor’s degree in an applicable engineering field and 3+ years of experience with hardware development or electronics test engineering
Strong interest in, and hands-on experience with, power electronics, microcontrollers, analogue measurement circuits, and/or other types of PCBAs
Firm understanding of instrumentation, interfaces and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE: