Production Engineer I

Rocket Lab · LD100 SolAero -Cell Fab Manufacturing, Engineering

Where: Albuquerque, NM
Posted: Aug 25

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

SPACE SYSTEMS

At Rocket Lab, we’re not just launching rockets — we're building the future of space. Our Space Systems team builds everything from complete spacecraft, precision payloads to the components and subsystems that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and more.

Our Space Systems team has enabled more than 1,700 missions, ranging from interplanetary exploration, in-space manufacturing to national security and defense initiatives.

What you get

Support sustaining activities to maximize yield and productivity of fab operation across work centers in the litho area
Work with Operations/Equipment Maintenance/Process Technician/R&D Teams to maximize project success
Own Photolithography process modules: responding to defect issues (with periodic/frequent yield reporting), writing clear work instructions, oversee operator training
Plan and perform experiments to improve safety/yield/reliability/throughput. Includes assisting R&D when new products or experiments are needed
Scoping and procurement of new equipment and process approaches for new products and manufacturing expansion
Bachelor's degree in an engineering field
Experience with Photolithography systems and associated metrology
Breadth of wafer fab (III-V and/or Si) knowledge
Solid understanding of statistical methods with a working knowledge of JMP and SQL
Experience with Photolithography processing modules, including metal lift-off, and photochemical interactions with wet and dry etch