What jobs is Rocket Lab hiring for right now?

As of Oct 28, 2026, Rocket Lab has 515 open jobs on Alion. 313 of them state a salary (61%). They are posted in 10 cities. 7 allow remote or hybrid work. Its postings score B on the Alion truth index.

Source: Alion Coverage: open vacancies from the employer's own careers board Oct 28, 2026
Open jobs
515
With salary
313 (61%)
Cities
10
Posted in 30 days
160
Median age
47 days

How Rocket Lab hires

Truth index
B 81/100
Median time to fill
40 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
75%
Reposted roles
1%

Rocket Lab scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 92 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 75% have gone stale and 1% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 40 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

What Rocket Lab posted in the last two weeks

Posted in 14 days
48
Busiest day
8 Oct 27, 2026
Days with postings
10 / 14
Oct 15, 2026: 6 posted Oct 16, 2026: 5 posted Oct 17, 2026: 0 posted Oct 18, 2026: 0 posted Oct 19, 2026: 7 posted Oct 20, 2026: 7 posted Oct 21, 2026: 5 posted Oct 22, 2026: 5 posted Oct 23, 2026: 3 posted Oct 24, 2026: 1 posted Oct 25, 2026: 0 posted Oct 26, 2026: 1 posted Oct 27, 2026: 8 posted Oct 28, 2026: 0 posted
Oct 15, 2026 weekend Oct 28, 2026

Which roles Rocket Lab is hiring for

409 Jobs
Industrial Engineering 149 36.4%
Aerospace 83 20.3%
Field & Service 50 12.2%
Hardware 44 10.8%
Early Careers 24 5.9%
Other roles 59 14.4%

Where Rocket Lab is hiring

Rocket Lab hires from 13 offices across 3 countries, holding 540 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at Rocket Lab is set up

Work format
In office 507 99%
Remote 7 1%
Level
Senior 227 45%
Middle 85 17%
Intern 74 15%
Lead 48 9%
Junior 43 8%
Head+ 21 4%
Staff+ 8 2%
Employment
Internship 74 90%
Contractor 5 6%
Full-Time 3 4%

Salaries in Rocket Lab vacancies

313 of 515 vacancies state a salary (61%). The range below is built from those 313 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$105k
Median
$172k
Upper quartile
$233k
$56k$285k

All salaries at Rocket Lab

Open vacancies at Rocket Lab

$120k – $155k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chantilly
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$196k – $234k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · PhD · Long Beach
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
C#
.NET
Databases
RabbitMQ
ElasticSearch
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Rest API
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Jira
Agile
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$49k – $62k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 8+ years exp · High School Diploma · Silver Spring
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$43k – $54k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · High School Diploma · Silver Spring
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$130k – $175k per year · Equity · In office · TS/SCI · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Littleton · Long Beach
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Smartsheet
Microsoft Project
Jira
Agile
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≈ $92k – $168k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 2+ years exp · High School Diploma · Long Beach
AWS
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$196k – $233k per year · Equity · In office · Secret · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
Python
PowerShell
GCP
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SIEM
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$234k – $284k per year · Equity · In office · Secret · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
Python
PowerShell
GCP
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SIEM
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$108k – $148k per year · Equity · In office · Secret · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
Python
PowerShell
GCP
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SIEM
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≈ $60k – $136k per year (Estimated) · In office · Nationals only · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Auckland
Python
Java
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Questions about jobs at Rocket Lab

Is Rocket Lab hiring right now?

Yes. As of Oct 28, 2026, Rocket Lab has 515 open jobs on Alion.

What roles does Rocket Lab hire for?

Rocket Lab is hiring mostly for Industrial Engineering, Aerospace, Field & Service. The largest group is Industrial Engineering with 149 open vacancies.

How much does Rocket Lab pay?

61% of vacancies at Rocket Lab state a salary. Across those 313 stated figures the range runs from $105k to $233k, with a median of $172k.

Where does Rocket Lab hire?

Rocket Lab has open vacancies in 10 places, most of all in Long Beach, Auckland, Littleton. It keeps 13 offices with open roles, spread across 3 countries.

Does Rocket Lab offer remote work?

Yes. 7 of the open vacancies at Rocket Lab allow remote or hybrid work, which is 1% of the board.

How long have Rocket Lab vacancies been open?

Half have been on Alion for 47 days or less. 112 vacancies at Rocket Lab have been listed for more than 90 days, and postings of that age are far more often out of date.

How reliable are Rocket Lab job postings?

Rocket Lab scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 92 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 75% have gone stale and 1% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 40 days.

How do you apply to Rocket Lab?

Rocket Lab accepts applications through Greenhouse, so the form opens on that system rather than on Alion.

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