Rocket Lab
Satellite Manufacturing · Launch Services
513open roles
$168kmedian advertised pay
Scaling fasthiring pace, 85 of 100
44 daysmedian time a role stays open
Overview
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is a publicly traded end-to-end space company, launch services provider, and satellite systems manufacturer. Headquartered in Long Beach, California - having been originally founded in New Zealand - the enterprise operates private orbital launch sites in Māhia, New Zealand, and Wallops Island, Virginia. Its core business activities span lightweight orbital launches via its flagship Electron rocket, hypersonic testing capabilities via HASTE, and the development of its reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, Neutron.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 513 open roles at Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab is headquartered in Long Beach, United States. It was founded in 2006. The median pay stated in its open roles is $164k, across 318 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 513Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Long Beach, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2006Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 1000+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Median advertised pay
- $164kPay stated in 318 open postings
- Visa sponsorship, United States
- 9 ▲ 125% · H-1B filings in 12 monthsUS Department of Labor · latest filing May 29, 2026
- Technologies in its job postings
- 182Named in its job postings
How Rocket Lab hires
Truth index
B 82/100
Median time to fill
44 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
74%
Reposted roles
0%
Rocket Lab scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 84 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 74% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 44 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
In office · Nationals only · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Tucson · Long Beach
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$320k – $405k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chantilly · Long Beach
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$282k – $353k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Littleton · Long Beach
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$187k – $280k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
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Equity · In office · Nationals only · 2+ years exp · PhD · Long Beach
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In office · Nationals only · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Munich
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Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · High School Diploma · Silver Spring
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Equity · In office · Nationals only · 2+ years exp · High School Diploma · Silver Spring
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$140k – $190k per year · Equity · In office · TS/SCI · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Littleton
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$114k – $172k per year · Equity · In office · TS/SCI · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Littleton
Python
Git
Management
Jira
SpaceTech
Orekit
GMAT
STK
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$100k – $137k per year · Equity · In office · TS/SCI · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Littleton
Python
Git
Management
Jira
SpaceTech
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STK
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$168k
Typical range
$40k – $522k
Open positions
323
323
Jobs
Intern
14.6%
Junior
5.9%
Middle
18%
Senior
47.7%
Staff
4%
Principal
6.2%
Architect
3.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 47 | $50k | $40k – $169k |
| Junior | 19 | $113k | $90k – $155k |
| Middle | 58 | $136k | $54k – $176k |
| Senior | 154 | $198k | $94k – $522k |
| Staff | 13 | $174k | $115k – $253k |
| Principal | 20 | $291k | $135k – $351k |
| Architect | 12 | $353k | $215k – $455k |
Highest paying role
Senior Director, Business Development - Civil & Commercial
$522k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Rocket Lab
By role, level and city, against the market · 323 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
9 ▲ 125%
H-1B filings in 12 months
1
Green card filings
$178k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Aerospace engineers
5
Architectural and engineering managers
2
Software developers
1
In the register as Rocket Lab USA, Inc., Long Beach, CA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
85/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
513
211 opened / 282 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
45 days
faster than 30% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
25% ▼
Aerospace
13% ▲
Hardware
12% ▼
Field & Service
9% ▲
Early Careers
4% ▼
Sales
4%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+60 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+24 jobs in a week
Nov 2026
Added ECSS to stack
Nov 2026
Added MIL-STD-1553 to stack
Nov 2026
+31 jobs in a week
Nov 2026
New location: Munich
Nov 2026
Added Reinforcement Learning to stack
Nov 2026
Added Model Context Protocol to stack
Nov 2026
Added LLM to stack
Nov 2026
Added ArgoCD to stack
Nov 2026
Added OSPF to stack
Oct 2026
Added NIST 800-53 to stack
Oct 2026
Added FortiGate to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Rocket Lab over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
182
Postings analysed
600
Stack modernity
67/100AI adopter
Languages
Python50%
C++17%
MATLAB17%
SQL7%
Frameworks & libraries
Rocket7%
Angular4%
PyTorch3%
Keras2%
Databases
InfluxDB2%
PostgreSQL2%
SQLite1%
ElasticSearch1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux14%
Kubernetes10%
AWS7%
Windows7%
AI & ML
LLM<1%
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Shared investors
Space CapitalVia a fund
Promus VenturesVia a fund
71 portfolio companies: ALL.SPACE, Microsoft, including Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Akasha and 68 more
Khosla VenturesVia a fund
DCVCVia a fund
Bessemer Venture PartnersVia a fund
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
14
Hiring now
14
Countries
4
Busiest office
Long Beach
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Long Beach
United States
HQ
RL Headquarters - Space Systems
256 open roles 403 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 2% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $188k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Aerospace, Hardware
Auckland
New Zealand
Plant / site
Auckland Production Complex Factory
81 open roles 81 posted in 90 days 16% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Aerospace
Littleton
United States
Engineering / R&D
ASI Office
47 open roles 67 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 200-500 est. staff $210k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Aerospace, Industrial Engineering
Tucson
United States
Geost East Region/Chantilly
35 open roles 53 posted in 90 days 31% engineering 50-200 est. staff $198k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Sales, AI/ML
Middle River
United States
Plant / site
Space Structures Complex (SSC)
35 open roles 23 posted in 90 days 9% engineering 50-200 est. staff $115k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Aerospace
Albuquerque
United States
RL Headquarters
21 open roles 27 posted in 90 days 14% engineering 50-200 est. staff $38k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Operations, Security
Chantilly
United States
Engineering / R&D
Geost East Region/Chantilly
18 open roles 25 posted in 90 days 28% engineering 50-200 est. staff $252k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Backend, Industrial Engineering
Silver Spring
United States
Plant / site
PSC Office
17 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $90k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Operations
Pasadena
United States
Plant / site
Motiv
14 open roles 25 posted in 90 days 29% engineering 50-200 est. staff $177k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, QA
Toronto
Canada
Engineering / R&D
Sinclair Office
5 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $43k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Industrial Engineering, Administrative
Washington
United States
Regional office
Washington D.C.
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $44k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers
Munich
Germany
Engineering / R&D
Rocket Lab Germany
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Mahia
New Zealand
Regional office
Launch Complex 1
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Maramarua
New Zealand
Regional office
Propulsion Test Complex Office
1 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for DevOps
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Alion, "Rocket Lab: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/rocketlab
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