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# Lead, Manufacturing Engineer - Space Systems

- **Company:** Rocket Lab
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $193,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Systems, Computer Engineering, Failure Mode Effects Analysis
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75101712-lead-manufacturing-engineer-space-systems

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or similar
 * 5+ years oftechnicalexperience in a Manufacturing, Production, or Process Engineering environment
 * Hands-on experience proactively identifying and solving systemic multifaceted problems in complex manufacturing systems
 * Ability to effectively deliver multiple complex multifaceted assignments simultaneously with autonomy
 * Ability to effectively coach and mentor others to raise the bar across multiple teams
 * Detailed technical knowledge in complex manufacturing processes
 * Personnel leadership experience
 * Capital and facilities justification, project management and implementation
 * Perform periodic reviews with direct employees
 * Interview and hire candidates to fill new roles
 * Create team goals and metrics to drive continuous improvement projects, * Working experience with environmental acceptance/production acceptance testing, such as vibration, shock, thermal, and vacuum
 * Understanding of instrumentation, interfaces, and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, and 4-20mA sensors
 * Experience with designing, implementing, and supporting a production line and/or build area
 * Experience transitioning products from design to production as a part of cross-functional team in a fast-paced, iterative design environment
 * Demonstrated experience with DFMEA, PFMEA methodologies, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto analysis, root cause and corrective action

## Description

* Prepare feasibility studies and conduct manufacturing technology Research & Development projects
 * Partner with our Design Engineering teams to incorporate Design for Manufacture into our products to ensure robustness and manufacturability at scale
 * Engineer and deliver our factories - design,procure, install,validateassembly,testand verification processes
 * Support Development builds to uncover early learnings and resolve issues to accelerate the production ramp up
 * Take engineering ownership of production lines to remove blockers, improveyieldand increase build efficiency
 * Triage and diagnose failures, conduct deep technicalinvestigationsanddeterminethe right path forward including risk mitigation actions and root cause resolution
 * Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve complex issues
 * Drive process improvements across manufacturing,testand integration
 * Contribute to change management, assessing risk and impact of design or process changes
 * Support business system and process improvements to drive increased organizational effectiveness and efficiency


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