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 02 October 2026
558
Open now
298
Filled or pulled
101
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 | 3.5 years ago |
| CNC Operator | Auckland, NZ | 1.8 years ago |
| Production Supervisor, Composites | Middle River, MD | 1.4 years ago |
| Composite Laminator (Evening Shift) | Auckland, NZ | 1.3 years ago |
| RF Systems Engineer I - Operations | Auckland, NZ | 1.3 years ago |
| Senior Manager, Test Site Operations | Stennis Space Center, MS | 1.3 years ago |
| Vehicle Integration Technician - Avionics | Auckland, NZ | 1.2 years ago |
| Senior / Principal Propulsion Engineer | Long Beach, CA | 1.1 years ago |
| Propulsion Engineer II, Engine Systems | Long Beach, CA | 1.1 years ago |
| Director, Test Site Operations | Stennis Space Center, MS | 1.1 years ago |
Roles posted more than once
These roles were taken down and then advertised again — a revolving door, and worth asking about in an interview.
| Role | Times posted |
|---|---|
| Senior Electrical Engineer II | 4 |
| Inventory Coordinator II | 3 |
| Principal Electrical Engineer | 3 |
| Flight Dynamics Engineer II | 2 |
| Flight Software Engineer I | 2 |
| Orbital Tube Welder II/III - B Shift | 2 |
| Production Coordinator II | 2 |
| Senior Development Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Harness Design Engineer I | 2 |
| Senior Inventory Coordinator I | 2 |
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.