Senior Ground Software Engineer II
Rocket Lab Corporation5 hours ago
Base Salary
$151k - $227k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own major portions of the architecture for web-based spacecraft ground software platforms.
- Translate mission needs into scalable ground system designs with flight software developers, mission operations personnel, and systems engineers.
- Deploy, configure, and optimize the Rocket Lab Ground Data System for varied mission profiles.
- Establish monitoring, alerting, and reliability frameworks to detect and mitigate issues proactively.
- Provide technical direction on mission resilience, system integration, and long-term maintainability.
- Advise leadership on ground software strategy, risks, and emerging technologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or another technical discipline.
- 8+ years of relevant professional software development experience.
- Proven experience architecting web-based software systems at scale.
- Strong systems-level thinking and the ability to balance performance, security, and maintainability trade-offs.
- U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
- Active Secret clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
- Preferred qualifications include full-stack development, aerospace ground or mission operations experience, distributed systems and microservices expertise, end-to-end system design leadership, database architecture, Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, authentication and authorization frameworks, and CCSDS standards knowledge.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay of $151,000–$227,000 for California locations.
- Company stock, an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount, and other employee discounts.
- Medical plans including HMO, PPO, and zero-cost HDHP options with an HSA contribution, plus dental and vision coverage.
- Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
- Flexible spending and dependent care accounts, subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers where available, discounted gym memberships, and complimentary snacks and beverages.
- The position is based at Rocket Lab’s global headquarters in Long Beach, California, and may involve occasional exposure to production-area noise, dust, and fumes.