Business Development & Strategy Engineer HASTE

ABOUT ROCKET LAB

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets spacecraft and critical subsystems that keep the world connected protected expand humanitys 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.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Rocket Labs Business Development team is responsible for connecting customers across government and commercial sectors with our industry leading mission solutions spanning launch and space systems. They work closely with new and existing customers to understand their needs and develop tailored solutions to deliver their missions. Building and maintaining relationships with customers and internally with engineering and operations teams is at the core of our Business Development team. They have their fingers on the pulse of the space industry and are driven to deliver results for our customers and our business.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGY ENGINEER HASTE

Based at Rocket Labs global headquarters in Long Beach CA theHASTE Business Development & Strategy Engineer is an early-career opportunity to build expertise at the intersection of hypersonic flight testing national security and business this role youll support the growth of Rocket Labs HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) business and the pursuit of new opportunities supporting the nations hypersonic test and evaluation needs.

As an integral member of Rocket Labs Global Launch Services (GLS) Business Development team youll work alongside experienced professionals and collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering Mission Management Production and other teams. Reporting directly to the Director of Business Development HASTE youll develop experience supporting opportunity identification market and competitive analysis capture and proposal activities and the development of mission concepts and business cases.

WHAT YOULL GET TO DO:

• Draft proposals for new business opportunities in collaboration with Business Development and Engineering teams.
• Support the Business Development team in tracking opportunities analyzing pipeline activity and forecasting demand for HASTE capabilities.
• Coordinate with Engineering to assess mission requirements and develop timely technical responses to inquiries related to HASTE capabilities.
• Work cross-functionally with Production and Engineering to establish realistic achievable NRE timelines and launch dates for future missions.
• Collaborate with Communications and Business Development to maintain and improve HASTE marketing materials data sheets and user guides.
• Partner with Engineering to identify and address technical gaps and support efforts to improve and standardize customer-facing technical documentation.
• Use internal tools including Salesforce to track leads opportunities and proposals and support Business Development reporting and KPI development.
• Support Business Development activities related to launch service agreements technical assistance agreements and non-disclosure agreements as well as Jira ticket creation tracking and prioritization.
• Build and maintain knowledge of the suborbital launch and hypersonic test markets including competitive capabilities customer demand and emerging trends to support sales forecasting pricing strategy business planning and HASTE product development.

YOULL BRING THESE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in engineering or other technical discipline.
• Professional or internship experience in an engineering role within the aerospace defense or national security industries.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience or academic exposure to the design manufacturing integration or testing of hypersonic systems payloads or flight vehicles.
• Experience with hypersonic systems flight testing or launch vehicles is a plus.
• Familiarity with current hypersonic flight test missile defense suborbital launch or related national security markets.
• Experience working on fast-paced engineering programs with geographically distributed or cross-functional teams.
• Masters degree in aerospace engineering or a related engineering discipline such as mechanical electrical or computer engineering.
• Experience with Python scripting trajectory generation or trajectory analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for aerospace hypersonics and national security applications.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently when needed.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and colleagues with diverse technical backgrounds and areas of expertise.
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences.

This position may require prolonged periods of sitting standing walking computer work and occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise dust and fumes in production areas.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Were on a mission to unlock the potential of space to improve life on Earth but thats not an easy task. It takes hard work determination relentless innovation teamwork grit and an unwavering commitment to achieving what others often deem impossible. Our people out-think out-work and out-pace. We pride ourselves on having each others backs checking our egos at the door and rolling up our sleeves on all tasks big and small. We thrive under pressure work to tight deadlines and our focus is always on how we can deliver rather than dwelling on the challenges that stand in the way.

Important information:

FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING TO WORK IN US OFFICES ONLY:

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce as applicable. Learn more about ITAR here.

Rocket Lab provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment at Rocket Lab including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING TO WORK IN NEW ZEALAND OFFICES ONLY:

For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Under these Regulations you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia Japan New Zealand Switzerland the European Union or a country that is part of NATO or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality. For more information on these Regulations click here ITAR Regulations.