Rocket Lab
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-10-13, Skillenai has indexed 91 Rocket Lab job postings over the past 90 days (down 44% vs the prior 4 weeks). Rocket Lab appeared in 25 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-13
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Hiring at Rocket Lab
Weekly Rocket Lab job postings — last 90 days
Roles Rocket Lab is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineer | 17 | 18.7% |
| Program Manager | 7 | 7.7% |
| Security Analyst Intern | 7 | 7.7% |
| Software Engineer | 6 | 6.6% |
| Spacecraft Operations Engineer | 6 | 6.6% |
| RF Systems Engineer | 5 | 5.5% |
| Ground Systems Engineer | 4 | 4.4% |
| Propulsion Systems Engineer | 4 | 4.4% |
| Avionics Automation Test Engineer | 3 | 3.3% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 3 | 3.3% |
Skills in Rocket Lab job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 37 | 40.7% |
| systems engineering | 22 | 24.2% |
| MATLAB | 15 | 16.5% |
| test planning | 13 | 14.3% |
| Jama | 13 | 14.3% |
| Kubernetes | 12 | 13.2% |
| JIRA | 12 | 13.2% |
| Data analysis | 11 | 12.1% |
| automation | 10 | 11.0% |
| STK | 10 | 11.0% |
| interface specifications | 10 | 11.0% |
| Docker | 9 | 9.9% |
| Linux | 9 | 9.9% |
| C++ | 9 | 9.9% |
| NX | 8 | 8.8% |
Where Rocket Lab is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | 43 | 47.3% |
| Auckland | 22 | 24.2% |
| Albuquerque | 6 | 6.6% |
| Littleton | 4 | 4.4% |
| Lowes Island | 4 | 4.4% |
| Center | 3 | 3.3% |
| Tucson | 3 | 3.3% |
| Middle River | 2 | 2.2% |
| Chantilly | 1 | 1.1% |
Who works at Rocket Lab
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- work instructions14%
- test scripts14%
- valves14%
- temperature transducers7%
- pneumatic systems7%
- flow testing7%
- python7%
- Human Machine Interface (HMI)7%
- thermocouples7%
- Amazon DynamoDB7%
- spacecraft simulation7%
- Packer7%
- Connectors7%
- sensor types7%
- Material Design7%
- SDLS7%
Share of observed positions at Rocket Lab that list the skill.
Degree level
- Bachelor5
- Master3
Field of study
- Mechanical Engineering2
- Information Systems Sciences1
- Space System Engineering1
Schools
- Purdue University2
- University of Arizona2
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona2
- The University of Kansas1
- University of Michigan1
- Udacity1
- University of Colorado Denver1
- University of Maryland1
Rocket Lab in the news
25 news articles and 13 blog posts mentioned Rocket Lab in the last 90 days.
News
- UAE retail investors rotate from software into the infrastructure powering the AI racemid-east.info · October 8, 2026
- Planet Labs Hits First Adjusted Profit On Defence Demandmorningtick.com · October 4, 2026
- Mission Critical News: September 14, 2026missioncriticalconnections.substack.com · September 14, 2026
- Where Space Tech Is Built, And What It Costs to Build Thereglobalbrandsmagazine.com · September 11, 2026
- Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a timetechcrunch.com · September 9, 2026
- Enterprise AI Startups Win Seed Cash for Unglamorous Workunder30ceo.com · September 7, 2026
Blogs
- New Space ETF Launches, Tracking Seraphim-Designed Indexseraphim.vc · September 2, 2026
- Space Ex-SpaceX: Pre-IPO Space Companies After the Listingnasdaqprivatemarket.com · June 26, 2026
- The Market Shorted HBM4 Because Meta Has Spare H100ssenanni.substack.com · July 17, 2026
- Fiber Emerges as New Mexico’s Growth Enginetelecomreviewamericas.com · August 5, 2026
- Futureseek Daily Link Review; 12 August 2026futureseek.wordpress.com · August 11, 2026
- Academic Bionick11roberts.science · September 9, 2017
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Rocket Lab over the 90 days ending 2026-10-13; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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