Spacecraft Operations Engineer II is open at Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA. The posting gives a salary of $94K - $130K. Posted on Sep 23, 2026, and still on Rocket Lab’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
, with the large majority of the technical products being supplied through the vertical integration/in-house. WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO: Leverage automation as a key enabler to operate spacecraft, focusing on software-driven solutions for efficient and reliable mission execution Design, develop and test ground software for long term space operations: ground scripting for robust and automated ops Design, develop and test…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Rocket Lab’s careers page.
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