Principal Avionics Engineer - Neutron is open at Rocket Lab in Auckland, NZ. Posted on Sep 9, 2026, and still on Rocket Lab’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
The Neutron Avionics team owns every avionics system on the vehicle. Flight computers, power distribution, sensing, comms, and the flexible harness assemblies that tie it all together. Almost all of it is developed and produced internally, which means the people who design it also see it fly. As Principal Avionics Engineer, you are the technical authority for avionics hardware, circuit design, PCB layout, and test…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Rocket Lab’s careers page.
Hiring at Rocket Lab
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