Systems Engineer - Configuration and Change

Systems Engineer – Configuration and Change Management Location: Auckland, NewZealand. Responsibilities Drive the Engineering Change Management (ECM) process by collaborating closely with Systems Engineering, Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to ensure modifications are implemented swiftly and without faults. Identify and verify system‑level impacts of changes, ensuring the overall integrated launch vehicle will truly improve through the proposed modifications. Execute against the project’s configuration management plan while actively identifying opportunities to mature baseline control. Approximately 20% of time dedicated to rigorous configuration validation: confirming fit, form, function (f/f/f), ensuring EBOM‑to‑MBOM integrity, and managing end‑of‑life obsolescence procedures alongside Supply Chain. Continuously improve and automate data‑integrity checks across our tools to detect missing components, mismatched revision tables, and broken ERP syncs before they affect production. Act as a power user of Teamcenter, Jira, and InforLN, tracking progress and ensuring data smoothly crosses the boundaries between design, manufacturing, and enterprise resource planning. Define and uphold high‑quality engineering processes. Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience. 2+years of industry experience in a relevant technical field (e.g., Mechanical structures, Fluid Systems, Mechanisms, Propulsion, Avionics, Software). Proven track record of operating autonomously, taking ownership of outcomes, and delivering against tight deadlines. Systems‑thinking mindset: passion for process efficiency and curiosity to investigate and verify how the system works and that proposed changes meet objectives. Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams around deadlines without line‑report authority. Attention to detail with patience and discipline to manage critical configuration data. Experience with PLM/PDM systems (preferably Teamcenter) and workflow management software (Jira). Nice to Have Project management experience such as tracking schedules, managing manufacturing effectiveness, and driving engineering deliverables to completion. Familiarity with EIA‑649 principles within an aerospace, defence, or high‑reliability engineering environment. Experience with InforLN or data‑visualisation tools like PowerBI to track configuration metrics and status reporting. Baseline capability to write Python scripts or use Teamcenter/Jira APIs to automate repetitive data validation tasks. Rocket Lab provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Applicants seeking to work in NewZealand offices only: For security reasons, background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States' International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, NewZealand, Switzerland, the European Union, or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality. #J-18808-Ljbffr