What is a QA Engineer at Rocket Lab?
At Rocket Lab, quality assurance is not merely a stage in the software development lifecycle; it is a fundamental pillar of mission success. As a QA Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the absolute reliability of launch vehicles like Electron and Neutron, spacecraft components, ground systems, and mission-critical software. In an industry where a single unhandled edge case can result in catastrophic mission failure, your work directly safeguards multi-million dollar payloads and advances humanity's access to space.
You will operate at the intersection of hardware and software, designing robust testing frameworks that validate complex systems under extreme conditions. This role requires you to think like an adversary to the system, anticipating failure modes that others might overlook. Whether you are validating flight control software, testing telemetry systems, or verifying hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulators, your meticulous attention to detail will be the final line of defense before launch.
This position is highly collaborative and technically demanding. You will partner with guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) engineers, embedded software developers, and manufacturing teams to embed quality into every phase of the engineering pipeline. For an engineer who thrives on solving high-stakes, real-world problems, this role offers an unparalleled opportunity to see your efforts directly contribute to successful orbital insertions.
