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Rocket Lab

Jobs, news, and who works there

As of 2026-11-05, Skillenai has indexed 50 Rocket Lab job postings over the past 90 days (down 53% vs the prior 4 weeks). Rocket Lab appeared in 20 news articles in the same window.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05

Job postings · 90 days
50
News mentions · 90 days
20
Career profiles observed
43
Profiles Skillenai holds, not employee count
Median tenure
7 months

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Hiring at Rocket Lab

Weekly Rocket Lab job postings — last 90 days

Roles Rocket Lab is hiring for

NamePostingsShare
Systems Engineer1428.0%
Security Analyst Intern714.0%
Spacecraft Operations Engineer612.0%
Avionics Automation Test Engineer36.0%
Cybersecurity Engineer36.0%
Flight Software Engineer36.0%
Software Engineer36.0%
IT Systems Engineer24.0%
RF Systems Engineer24.0%
Test Engineer24.0%

Skills in Rocket Lab job postings

NamePostingsShare
Python2346.0%
interface specifications1020.0%
Jama918.0%
STK918.0%
MATLAB918.0%
test planning816.0%
DOORS816.0%
electrical power systems (EPS)816.0%
flight software816.0%
enterprise risk management714.0%
network infrastructure research714.0%
systems engineering714.0%
intelligent risk assessment714.0%
Physical Security714.0%
CONOPS definition714.0%

Where Rocket Lab is hiring

NamePostingsShare
Long Beach2652.0%
Auckland1122.0%
Lowes Island48.0%
Littleton36.0%
Middle River24.0%
Albuquerque12.0%
Center12.0%
Pasadena12.0%

Who works at Rocket Lab

From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.

Skills on staff profiles

  • valves13%
  • test scripts13%
  • work instructions13%
  • temperature transducers6%
  • pneumatic systems6%
  • flow testing6%
  • python6%
  • GD&T6%
  • Human Machine Interface (HMI)6%
  • thermocouples6%
  • vibration testing6%
  • Amazon DynamoDB6%
  • spacecraft simulation6%
  • Packer6%
  • Connectors6%
  • sensor types6%

Share of observed positions at Rocket Lab that list the skill.

Degree level

  • Bachelor5
  • Master4

Field of study

  • Mechanical Engineering2
  • Information Systems Sciences1
  • Space System Engineering1

Schools

  • California State Polytechnic University-Pomona2
  • Purdue University2
  • University of Arizona2
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology1
  • The University of Kansas1
  • University of Michigan1
  • Udacity1
  • University of Colorado Denver1

Rocket Lab in the news

20 news articles and 7 blog posts mentioned Rocket Lab in the last 90 days.

How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Rocket Lab over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05; 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
company_id
d7e7e57855def5b8
data_as_of
2026-11-05
window_days
90
profiles_as_of
2026-10-24
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index