Auckland, New Zealand On-site Full-time

Rocket Lab is hiring a Configuration Management Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Engineering Change Management process by working with cross-functional teams including Systems Engineering, Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to ensure rapid and error-free implementation of design changes.
  • Assess and validate system-wide effects of proposed modifications to guarantee improvements to the integrated launch vehicle.
  • Implement the project's configuration management strategy while identifying ways to enhance baseline configuration control.
  • Spend approximately 20% of time performing detailed configuration validation, including verification of fit, form, and function, ensuring alignment between engineering and manufacturing bills of materials, and managing component obsolescence with Supply Chain.
  • Improve and automate data integrity checks across platforms to proactively detect issues such as missing parts, revision mismatches, and ERP synchronization failures.
  • Serve as a key user of Teamcenter, Jira, and Infor LN, monitoring progress and enabling seamless data flow between design, manufacturing, and enterprise systems.
  • Establish and maintain robust engineering processes to ensure high standards of quality and consistency.

Work Arrangement

On-site — Auckland, New Zealand

Other

  • Role is based in Auckland, New Zealand
  • Opportunity to automate routine tasks and architect out existing data validation processes
  • Join a driven team tackling challenging projects and delivering on exciting space missions
About company
Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering reliable launch services, spacecraft, satellite components, and on-orbit management.

As a global leader in launch and space systems, we are transforming the way we access and use space. Our capabilities span the space economy, including satellite design and manufacture, space software and components, and reliable launch services.

We started with small launch, pioneering an industry-defining launch vehicle, Electron, now the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket. But we haven’t stopped at small satellite launch. Right now, we’re developing the next generation large launch vehicle, Neutron, to launch the constellations and large spacecraft missions of the future that will provide vital data and services to Earth.

Rocket Lab is a premier supplier of flight-proven satellites, subsystems and spacecraft components. The company’s extensive line of small and medium class spacecraft platforms support a wide range of mission profiles for the commercial, civil and defense markets. At a component level, Rocket Lab spacecraft technology spans space solar power, advanced composite structures, flight software, star trackers, reaction wheels, separation systems, and radios.

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Job Details
Department Systems Engineering
Category other
Posted 2 hours ago