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Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems. The Terrestrial Software team builds and maintains products behind flight vehicles, spacecraft, launch operations, and production systems. We are seeking a Software Build and Automation Engineer to own how all software gets built, tested, and delivered—the pipelines that put hardware in the sky.
You will work hands-on in a fast-paced environment where rapid innovation meets the highest reliability standards. Your responsibilities include:
• Build, document, and support Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines for flight vehicle, spacecraft, operations, and production software, working to direction from your team lead
• Support infrastructure used for stack-test and launch operations
• Identify manual processes and automate them for software teams and beyond
• Maintain Docker and Kubernetes environments, and collaborate with IT on infrastructure needs
• Write and maintain software supporting test and mission operations
• Document code, conduct reviews, size tickets, and work as part of an agile team
You will split time between deep technical work (build logs, system administration) and cross-functional collaboration with avionics, operations, and production teams to understand their needs. You'll be supported by an experienced team and will see your work directly impact live launches.
QUALIFICATIONS (Required):
• 3+ years in software development, focused on build, CI, and deployment
• Coding experience in a compiled language (C#, C++, or similar)
• Git, plus Linux and Windows system administration
• Experience with a build system such as TeamCity, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Travis CI, or TFS CI
• Build tooling experience (make, cmake, automake)
• Experience building and deploying embedded and desktop software
• Familiarity with Jira, Redmine, or another issue tracker
QUALIFICATIONS (Nice to Have):
• Degree in software engineering, computer science, or related field
• Scrum experience
• Docker or Kubernetes
• Web and cloud software build and deployment
• Network security
• Project management
• Provisioning systems (Chef, Puppet, Salt, Terraform)
Note: For New Zealand positions, background checks including nationality verification will be conducted. Due to ITAR regulations, you must be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations. You may be ineligible if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union, or a NATO country, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship.
