Job brief: Senior R&D Engineer I

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• Listed on Rocket Lab's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Albuquerque, NM · SolAero Office
• Posted: 2026-09-18

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• Collaborate with R&D and manufacturing engineers to plan and execute required testing activities.
• Work with outside vendors to develop required tools and equipment for testing activities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or related STEM field.
• 5+ years of experience in R&D
• Master's or PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field.
• Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S.

Main duties

• Develop both a theoretical and practical working knowledge of environmental tests related to qualification and reliability testing of multi-junction solar ce…
• Design and utilize electrical circuitry and hardware to enable environmental testing of multiple solar cell devices simultaneously.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the design, construction, manufacturing methods, and operating principles of series interconnected multi-junction solar c…
• Analyze how environmental factors such as temperature, illumination intensity and uniformity, spectral characteristics, particle and UV radiation, atomic oxy…
• Develop a detailed understanding of semiconductor bandgaps and their influence on light absorption, emission, photogenerated current, and voltage production …

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• Across Rocket Lab's 451 open listings, 24% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Rocket Lab hires

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