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Senior Flight Software Engineer

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Employment

Internship

Published

Aug 11, 2026

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The role

ABOUT ROCKET LAB

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

While other companies talk about it, we do it!

ABOUT SPACE SYSTEMS AT ROCKET LAB:

Rocket Lab’s Space Systems team is responsible for every satellite and satellite component made by Rocket Lab: from complete satellites destined for missions to the Moon and Mars, to the individual components and subsystems that make up a satellite like solar panels, flight software, reaction wheels and star trackers, separation systems, radios, and more. Our Space Systems team is made up of engineers, technicians, and designers who design, create, and put together our own satellites for missions across the commercial, government, and defense sectors, or who build and assemble satellite hardware and software that supports other satellite missions.

SENIOR FLIGHT SOFTWARE ENGINEER

As a Senior Flight Software Engineer in Rocket Lab's Space Systems Software team, you'll serve as a technical expert across three equally important areas of flight software development: support for current missions on orbit or in development; next-generation FSW for our future large, autonomous satellite constellations; and

Requirements

Department: 4010 NZ-Space Systems