rocketlab

Lead Engineer, Tooling Design and Support

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At a Glance

Location
Middle River, Maryland, United States
Experience
5+ years
Posted
2026-05-19T16:21:04-04:00

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Aerospace
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Government
  • Insurance
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

access to a robust benefits package including: top tier medical HMO, PPO &

Requirements

5 + years of engineering design experience.

Department of Commerce, as applicable.

Demonstrated experience with large tooling and structures design

Working knowledge of Siemens NX/Teamcenter

Familiarity with manufacturing processes such as metallic machining, welding, and fabrication.

Experience with structural analysis including hand calcs and FEA

Responsibilities

Manage a team of Engineers responsible for tooling, GSE, and test for Neutron

Production tooling: how we massively scale the production of Neutron and create mechanical tools which allow us to increase assembly accuracy, reduce set-up times, minimize crane use, etc.

Ground Support Equipment: design of equipment that interfaces with the vehicle for test, transport, and integration

Test: engineering coordination of qual tests and structural tests.

Coordinate with structures team, other Lead Engineers, facilities, operations, and other major stakeholders to:

Manage facility-wide constraints