Manufacturing Engineer II - Vehicle Integration

About the role

As a Manufacturing Engineer II - Vehicle Integration, you will enable Rocket Lab's production teams to achieve required production rates with the highest quality. You will take ownership of products released to production, remove blockers, disposition non-conformance tickets, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions. You will also drive the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes and procedures, leveraging your strong working knowledge of both the product and best-practice manufacturing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Non-Conformance Support:
• Identify, analyze, and resolve manufacturing discrepancies and non-conformances
• Use substantiated engineering judgment and risk assessment to disposition non-conformances on flight hardware
• Lead problem containment and root cause/corrective action investigations
• Collaborate with production teams to identify and drive quality-related initiatives and improvements
• Perform structured root cause analysis of in-process failures
• Liaise between production, quality, supply chain, and design engineering for complex problem solving and process changes
• Product, Process, and Tooling:
• Take ownership of assigned products that are production-ready, acting as subject matter expert
• Develop and maintain product manuals and lessons-learned documentation
• Execute product improvements, including design and qualification activities
• Develop and document production procedures and processes for repeatable, reliable manufacturing
• Develop solutions for reliable (electro)mechanical assemblies and associated test fixtures
• Develop and execute unique test methods for mission-critical and safety-critical hardware/systems
• Provide engineering support for day-to-day production and quality processes
• Train production personnel and leadership on new and existing processes and procedures
• Design for Manufacture:
• Contribute to and steer design reviews, acting as an expert in design for manufacture and test
• Oversee introduction and implementation of new products and product revisions
• Continuous Improvement:
• Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, and layout upgrades to meet production requirements, including preparation of business cases
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean/Six Sigma tools and techniques
• Develop, introduce, and maintain new planning, production, quality, ERP, data collection, and analysis processes
• Expectations
• Provide solutions and ideas when faced with engineering challenges
• Share knowledge on effectiveness of theories and concepts
• Navigate and complete daily tasks within technical systems and interface with related systems
• Create, approve, and improve technical documentation
• Correctly assess risk, communicate, and implement solutions with long-term mitigation
• Assume ownership for improvements and challenges in assigned responsibilities
• Break down tasks, plan, estimate, and prioritize in alignment with company goals
• Identify engineering challenges and implement solutions to improve cost, quality, reliability, and delivery
• Establish project plans and execute on time without supervision
• Communicate effectively with peers and subordinates, set meeting a

Benefits

Additional Information

ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more - all with the goal of opening access to space. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of the most ambitious and vital space missions globally, supporting scientific exploration, Earth observation and missions to combat climate change, national security, and exciting new technology demonstrations. Our Electron rocket has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered more than 230 satellites to orbit, all while we work to develop Neutron, our upcoming medium-lift, reusable launch vehicle for larger constellation deployment. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope. ELECTRON Rocket Lab's Electron team is responsible for building, testing, and launching our Electron rocket across our launch sites and test facilities in the United States and New Zealand. Electron is one of the world's most frequently-launched rockets, and our team behind its success are diligent, move fast, and have each others' back to deliver a reliable rocket to the launch pad time and time again. About Rocket Lab Rocket Lab is a global leader in launch and space systems. Our mission is to open access to space to improve life on Earth. We design, manufacture, and launch advanced rockets and spacecraft, enabling innovation for commercial, civil, defense, and academic customers worldwide.

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