Manufacturing Engineer
Posted 14 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Junior Manufacturing Engineer”
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The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 2+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyChemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
ABOUT ROCKET LAB
Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.
Have you recently graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or similar?
If so, we are looking for entry level Manufacturing Engineers across multiple disciplines to turn early ideas into manufacturable designs, build and optimise the systems that make them real, and constantly push for faster, better, smarter ways to build rockets.
THE OPPORTUNITIES:
We're hiring across four key manufacturing disciplines:
- Assembly & Integration – Mechanical, Assembly, Propulsion, Mechanical Test
- Avionics & Test – Electronics manufacturing, electrical test, debugging systems
- Composites – Advanced materials, resins, ablatives, sandwich structures
- Machining – CNC programming, precision manufacturing, GD&T
In your application, please indicate which discipline(s) align with your experience and interests.
YOU'LL GET TO:
- Own & Ship:
- Become the expert on products you help build and launch
- Help teams hit production goals while maintaining quality
- Improve existing products and support new designs
- Solve & Fix:
- Investigate why things fail and implement fixes
- Make calls on whether parts meet flight standards using engineering analysis
- Connect production, quality, and design teams to solve problems fast
- Build & Improve:
- Write clear procedures so production runs smoothly every time
- Design reliable hardware and test setups
- Create test methods for critical systems
- Use Lean/Six Sigma to make things better and faster
- Lead & Scale:
- Review designs to make sure they're easy to build and test
- Help launch new products to the factory floor
- Identify equipment needs and build the business case