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Certification Engineer I/II
| Company | Rocket Lab USA |
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| Location | Long Beach, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $80000 – $125000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 2+ years of engineering experience in the aerospace industry.
- Technical background in one or more of the following areas: Avionics, Flight Software, GN&C, Propulsion, Structures/Statics, Thermal environments, Dynamic environments, Loads, and/or Mechanical/Fluid Systems.
- Technical project management experience.
Responsibilities
- Analyze government and commercial customer requirements for compatibility with Rocket Lab Neutron processes and products.
- Lead the verification and validation process for government certification and launch vehicle interface requirements, including assembling verification data packages.
- Define the scope of technical certification efforts to support the Neutron integrated schedule.
- Engage with NASA and other U.S. Government customers, leading internal coordination on process or design issues.
- Collaborate with Neutron technical departments and prepare data packages and briefings for Government representatives on Neutron design, analysis, and testing topics.
- Organize and support internal and external program reviews and technical interchange meetings.
- Ensure product deliveries are on schedule by working with technical departments and discipline certification leads to track data product deliveries, action items, and data requests.
- Collaborate with and support government on-site representatives.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience interacting with and presenting to external customers, preferably U.S. Government.
- Highly detail-oriented, diligent, and hard-working with excellent customer interface skills.
- Technical knowledge of launch vehicle design, analysis, and testing.
- Knowledge of U.S. Government launch vehicle requirements and certification process.
- Familiarity with U.S. Government testing standards and specifications (AIAA-S-080, AIAA-S-081, AIAA-S-110, SMC-S-005, SMC-S-016, SMC-S-025).
- Experience in verification and validation of requirements.
- Experience working with and/or managing cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency with requirement management tools such as JAMA or DOORS.
- Administrator experience with ticketing, knowledge management and scheduling tools such as Redmine, Confluence, JIRA, Windchill, Smartsheet, SharePoint.
