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Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join its Space Systems team in Albuquerque, NM, following the SolAero Technologies acquisition. This role is central to promoting a quality culture focused on continuous improvement and innovation across the organization's space hardware and subsystems business.
You will be responsible for managing the Quality Management System (QMS) and ensuring compliance with AS9100 standards, customer requirements, and internal specifications throughout the product lifecycle. Key responsibilities include:
• Leading quality initiatives and representing the organization on all quality-related matters, including customer complaints, audits, and inquiries
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams on design reviews, new product development, contract reviews, and specification reviews
• Creating, monitoring, and continuously improving QMS procedures, policies, work instructions, and records
• Conducting root cause analysis, corrective actions, internal audits, and non-conformance reviews
• Supporting the Engineering Change process through technical reviews
• Developing and implementing sampling plans, inspection requirements, and procedures for incoming, in-process, and final product quality assurance
• Managing supplier quality activities, including on-time delivery tracking, defect tracking, and corrective actions
• Facilitating Material Review Boards, Corrective Action Boards, and Return Material Authorization processes
• Creating and monitoring quality metrics including discrepancy reports, nonconformances, cost of poor quality, and KPIs
• Conducting internal and supplier quality audits per AS9100 standards
• Providing technical support and training to Quality and Manufacturing Inspection Technicians
• Exercising authority to halt processes that threaten product quality, company reputation, or safety
• Traveling as required for off-site testing, customer repair trips, and program meetings
Rocket Lab builds rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for missions ranging from interplanetary exploration to national security initiatives, with customers including NASA, the Space Development Agency, and the U.S. Space Force.
