Rocket Lab hiring trends
What Rocket Lab's hiring actually looks like over time — which roles stay open, which get pulled, and where headcount is really going.
Last checked 19 August 2026
416
Open now
2
Filled or pulled
88
Teams hiring
Open the longest
A role that stays open for months usually means the bar is high, the pay is off, or nobody is saying yes.
| Role | Location | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Neutron Composite Technician | Warkworth, NZ | 3.3 years ago |
| Senior Combustion Devices Engineer II / Principal Combustion Devices Engineer | Long Beach, CA | 1.7 years ago |
| CNC Operator | Auckland, NZ | 1.6 years ago |
| Production Supervisor, Composites | Middle River, MD | 1.2 years ago |
| Composite Laminator (Evening Shift) | Auckland, NZ | 1.2 years ago |
| RF Systems Engineer I - Operations | Auckland, NZ | 1.2 years ago |
| Senior Manager, Test Site Operations | Stennis Space Center, MS | 1.2 years ago |
| Vehicle Integration Technician - Avionics | Auckland, NZ | 1.1 years ago |
| Senior / Principal Propulsion Engineer | Long Beach, CA | 12 months ago |
| Propulsion Engineer II, Engine Systems | Long Beach, CA | 12 months ago |
This page gets better with age. It is built from a daily record that started the day we began watching Rocket Lab. Every day it runs, there is more history here that cannot be reconstructed from anywhere else — because the original posts are deleted.
Job posts get deleted. We keep them.
FirstIn watches company job boards at the source and tells you the moment a role opens — and keeps the record after it's taken down, so you can see what really happened to a team's hiring.