- Long Beach, California, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- $115K–$155K per year
- 5+ years
Lead design, analysis, procurement, and operation of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and production tooling for Rocket Lab's space programs.
Compensation
$115,475—$154,675 USD
Responsibilities
- Design, analyze, document, procure, and implement tooling (GSE) ranging in complexity from basic handling and production fixtures to engine or space vehicle level GSE fixtures.
- Own manufacturing, schedule, and sourcing of critical production tools including the design and fabrication of tooling aids, support equipment and specialized hardware from concept through fabrication and delivery.
- Interact with Numeric Control (N/C) programmers, welders, machinists, shop personnel, outside suppliers and engineers to ensure flawless and timely execution of projects.
- Lead efforts with vehicle manufacturing engineers and designers on better design for manufacturing when relating to GSE functions.
- Drive product requirements, GD&T specifications and manufacturing process into robust, manufacturable, cost-effective tooling designs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline
- Nice to have: tooling manufacturing experience within the aerospace, automotive, or other large format fabrication industries
- Nice to have: heat transfer
- Nice to have: fluids