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Senior Program Manager I - Laser Communications
Senior program manager at Rocket Lab's Long Beach, CA headquarters who owns delivery of laser/optical communication terminal programs — leading customer relationships, schedules, milestone and acceptance reviews, risk, and program financials from award through rate production and on-orbit delivery, coordinating engineering, production, and supply chain teams across U.S. and European sites.
Senior Program Manager I
Rocket Lab is hiring a Senior Program Manager I at its Albuquerque, NM site (via the SolAero Technologies acquisition) to own the full program lifecycle for assigned programs — managing scope, schedule, budget, and P&L while serving as the principal customer contact. The role centers on program/project management in a solar and space hardware manufacturing environment.
Senior Program Manager I
Rocket Lab is hiring a Senior Program Manager I in Long Beach, CA to be the program authority for high-volume 'Flatellite' satellite production — owning rate, yield, unit cost, and strategic decisions from prototype through full-rate production, leading cross-functional teams, supply chain, and constellation customers. Requires 5+ years program management and US citizenship with clearance eligibil
Senior Program Manager II - Flatellite
Senior program manager owning high-volume Flatellite satellite production at Rocket Lab's Long Beach HQ — responsible for rate, yield, unit cost, and strategic decisions from prototype through full-rate production, leading cross-functional teams, suppliers, and commercial constellation programs.
Senior Program Manager I - Advanced RF Systems
Rocket Lab is hiring a Senior Program Manager in Long Beach, CA to act as program authority for next-generation RF systems and payloads (transponders, SAR, phased arrays, comms), owning the technical roadmap from blank-sheet concept through qualification and high-rate production while leading cross-functional teams, suppliers, and National Security, civil, and commercial customers.
Senior Program Manager II - Advanced RF Systems
Rocket Lab is hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager II to own next-generation RF payloads (transponders, SAR, phased arrays) end to end — from blank-sheet concept through qualification and high-rate production — at its Long Beach HQ. Requires 8+ years of aerospace program management and hands-on RF/communications hardware experience.
Senior Technical Program Manager II
Leads EO/IR space missions and ground-based sensor programs for DoD and Intelligence Community customers at Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Tucson, AZ. Day to day: managing contracts (cost, schedule, risk), tracking IMS/EVM metrics, leading engineers through test events, and driving customer and executive communication. Core focus: optical systems, EO/IR payloads, and technical program management.

Sr Program Manager, Metrology
Owns and scales the calibration/metrology program at a rocket company in Long Beach: managing internal/external calibrations of electrical, mechanical, optical, and RF test equipment against NIST-traceable standards, leading technicians and quality engineers, and ensuring vendor compliance with ISO/IEC 17025, ANSI/NCSL Z540.3, and AS9100.
Senior Technical Program Manager, Integration & Test - Active Clearance
Lead integration & test for autonomous defense systems, coordinating test plans, government approvals, and aircraft integration for a cutting-edge military tech program.
Senior Technical Program Manager, R&D - Active Clearance
Lead R&D initiatives for autonomous airpower systems, coordinating hardware and software teams to develop cutting-edge defense tech under IRAD and early-phase programs.
Senior Technical Program Manager, Space Systems
Leads space-system development programs for defense tech, coordinating AI-powered hardware/software delivery, budgets, and customer requirements for orbital missions.
Senior Technical Program Manager, Release, Mission Autonomy
Oversee software release cycles for AI-powered defense systems, ensuring on-time, high-quality deployments by coordinating engineering, testing, and program teams.