Senior Reaction Wheel Engineer

2 weeks ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Rocket Lab USA Full time

Senior Reaction Wheel Engineer

As a Senior Reaction Wheel Engineer at Rocket Lab, you will be required to work on projects to develop new space components that support the company evolution from a launch provider to an end-to-end space solutions company.

Rocket Lab is currently combining manufacturing capabilities and innovative technologies to make world-leading satellite hardware accessible to more customers, in a high growth industry.

We are looking for someone with expertise in satellite reaction wheels, momentum wheels, or control-moment gyros.

This position will work closely and develop strong relationships with a variety of different Engineers, Technicians, and subject matter experts across a range of departments to enable the manufacturing and testing of new reaction wheels designs.

Expectations

Technical Knowledge
• Uses technical expertise to define standard of excellence for his/her team

• Consistently identifies the right/best solution when faced with an engineering challenge

• Can navigate and complete tasks within their technical system as well as related technical systems

• Coaches others in best practice for pertinent technical system

Documentation
• Can create a technical document pertinent to their role/expertise

• Can approve and provide feedback and improvements on technical documents pertinent to their role/expertise

• Steers development or improves the standard of their pertinent technical documents

Project Management
• Identifies additional projects and distributes to team members

• Sets group/business priority

• Continuously delivers on-time

• Over-achieves initial goals through technical expertise

• Adjusts and refines scope of projects to align with company priorities and objectives

Risk Based Decision Making
• Correctly assesses risk before it happens and puts measures in place to mitigate

• Verifies long-term mitigations are effective so that future product is not impacted

Ownership
• Will take the lead to any problem which can't be resolved by peers, regardless of process, without being asked, and deliver results

• Can coach others in problem solution effectiveness

Applied Business Solutions
• Able to identify engineering challenges, provide feedback, and

• implement a solution to improve cost, quality, reliability, and/or delivery before it happens

• Verifies that solutions are successful and communicates learning about effectiveness

Strategic Planning
• Can create a personal strategic plan/AOP without supervision or steering

• Can create or steer technical department and business goals/objectives

• Adjusts and refines as business evolves

Attitude
• Positive attitude

• Approachable

• Consistently demonstrates "How can I help?" mentality

• No task is beneath them

• Sees challenges as motivation; does not get discouraged or demotivated by tough situations and problems

• Continually raises the ceiling/moves the standard of excellence up to continually keep the team developing

Communication
• Able to communicate with peers, subordinates, and superiors

• Ensures meetings stay on track and constantly steer meetings to increase value add

• Concisely and accurately conveys technical information to steer actions

• Educates other engineers in technical areas to improve

• competency

• Can create presentations, metrics, and emails that concisely highlight information and steer team on biggest areas of impact

Flexibility
• Capable of developing criteria for acceptable level of cross-training and improving training processes and procedures

• Capable of being deputy for lead or manager with minimal supervision for a given timeframe

Professionalism
• Punctual

• Adheres to company policies and standards

• Able to coach on appropriate professional behaviour

Debate and Logical Skills
• Can listen and internalize all sides of the discussion

• Offers additional information, viewpoints, and insight during discussions

• Use logical reasoning to progress debates

• Willing to listen and change beliefs when challenged

• Capable of "tie-breaking" through technical expertise or background

Health and Safety
• Ensure health and safety policies and standard operating procedures are followed

• Correct PPE is worn in designated areas

• Report near-misses and incidents promptly

Other
• Domestic and international travel may be required

• Additional duties as reasonably required

• Adheres to company policies and procedures

Role Specific Deliverables/Outcomes
Role Specific Task 1
• Lead design of new RWA products for satellite constellations

Skills and Experience

Essential
• Proven experience in the design and manufacture of satellite reaction wheels, momentum wheels, or control-moment gyros

Desirable
• Vacuum tribology

• Microvibration measurement and mitigation

• Rotor balancing

• Rolling bearing analysis

• Magnetics design

• Brushless motor drive circuits

• Electronics for space environment

• Control systems and estimators

• Failure investigation and root cause analysis


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