Data Platform Engineering Lead
Summary
Lead a team building and maintaining data platforms that power space-vehicle operations, simulations, and ground systems with scalable, reliable software pipelines.
Rocket Lab in Auckland is seeking a Team Lead - Data Engineering to steer the data tools, systems and platforms that support our launch vehicles, simulations and ground operations.
You will lead a high‑performing software team, design end-to-end data processing pipelines, ensure robust delivery, and collaborate across engineering, operations and mission teams to enable reliable, well‑documented software that scales with our space programs.