SPACE SYSTEMS

Rocket Lab’s Space Systems team is responsible for every satellite and satellite component made by Rocket Lab: from complete satellites destined for missions to the Moon and Mars, to the individual components and subsystems that make up a satellite like solar panels, flight software, reaction wheels and star trackers, separation systems, radios, and more. Our Space Systems team is made up of engineers, technicians, and designers who design, create, and put together our own satellites for missions across the commercial, government, and defense sectors, or who build and assemble satellite hardware and software that supports other satellite missions. 

SENIOR PRODUCTION ENGINEER

As a Senior Production Engineer based at Rocket Lab’s site in Albuquerque, New Mexico, you will be responsible for process improvements, yield and day to day sustaining work in the solar cell and silicon-based production processes. In this role you will take ownership of metal and dielectric e-beam deposition systems and the associated metrology, and work with production engineering team to sustain and improve production. To be successful in this role, you must be data driven, able to build solid relationships with operators on the production floor and R&D engineers and possess a high degree of ownership. Join a driven team of pioneers relentlessly tackling challenging projects, delivering on the impossible, and making an impact on the future of space!

WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:

• Supporting sustaining activities to maximize yield and productivity of fab operation.
• Working with operations to maximize project completion.
• Own process modules by responding to defect issues, writing clear work instructions, training, yield reporting.
• Plan and perform experiments to improve safety/throughput/yield/reliability and assist R&D when new products or experiments are needed.
• Scoping new equipment and process approaches for new products and manufacturing expansions. 

YOU’LL BRING THESE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a engineering field
• 5 years of related industrial/manufacturing experience
• 5 years of industrial E-beam deposition experience.

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with the design, deposition, and characterization of E-beam anti-reflection coatings
• Breadth of wafer fab knowledge
• Solid understanding of statistical methods and working knowledge of JMP
• Lithography Lift-off, wet and dry etch, III-V, or singulation.
• Hands-on experience with thin film metrology tools
• Understanding of solar cell device physics and testing methods
• Solid understanding of metallurgy and material science

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
• Regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, operate computer keyboard and controls, and communicate verbally and in writing. 
• Must be physically able to commute to buildings
• Occasional exposure to dust, fumes and moderate levels of noise.