Manufacturing Engineer Composites About Rocket Lab Rocket Lab is the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch Launching from right here in New Zealand we design and build innovative technology to give small satellites a premium ride to orbit Small satellites play a crucial role in our daytoday lives they connect us keep us safe help us understand our planet and manage our impact on it and they enable us to innovate and explore There are endless possibilities for what we can achieve with better access to space and that access is now a reality thanks to Rocket Lab Our relentlessly innovative team is behind Electron the world s only truly commercial small satellite launch vehicle in operation today With multiple orbital launches under our belt and a record of 100 mission success we re opening access to space to improve life on Earth We ve built a world class team with a reputation for doing the impossible Collaboration is at our core every idea is heard and everyone makes a difference Every day we pursue ideas that challenge excite and demand more of us and we make them real Be a part of it About the role The purpose of this role is to translate the Engineering design into a zerodefect production process to achieve demand Champion continuous improvement using lean techniques You must have specialist experience in Composites Essential Skills Bachelors degree in mechanical electrical aerospace or manufacturing engineering Experience in Composites Manufacturing 4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment Ability to create and deliver accurate presentations for design and manufacturing readiness reviews Experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing as part of a crossfunctional team in a fastpaced iterative design environment Experience modeling with 3D CAD software eg Solidworks Inventor NX Unigraphics Catia Working pro ciency with DFMEA PFMEA methodologies and Fault Tree Analysis SPC knowledge and experience applying statistical methods to track process capability Basic competency with SQL databases and SQL programming Demonstrated experience designing tooling in a manufacturing environment Handson with a passion for continuous improvement and building the best hardware Capable of solving complex problems with little to no supervision in a timely manner Pareto analysis root cause and corrective action experience Experience with capacity modeling process mapping Lean and continuous improvement principles Excellent communication skills both written and verbal Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing GD T experience As well as a being a careerdefining role working at Rocket Lab means being part of meaningful projects with worldleading experts Collaboration is at our core every idea is heard and everyone makes a difference We get things done Our team is nimble decisions are made quickly and we are action oriented While other companies talk about it we do it This means projects get the green light faster and ideas are put into practice rapidly Everyone works on the big stuff This isn t a huge aerospace company where you get lost in bureaucracy and end up a tiny cog in a giant machine At Rocket Lab your work directly impacts the success of each mission Everyone s voice is heard and everyone can contribute major projects This is your chance to play a pivotal role in developing space systems that change the way we access space Important Information For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations Under these Regulations you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia Japan New Zealand Switzerland the European Union or a country that is part of NATO or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality For more information on these Regulations click here Ciara Byrne
