What jobs is Rocket Lab hiring for right now?

As of Oct 29, 2026, Rocket Lab has 511 open jobs on Alion. 314 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 29, 2026
Open jobs
511
With salary
314 (61%)
Cities
10
Posted in 30 days
205
Median age
42 days

How Rocket Lab hires

Truth index
B 80/100
Median time to fill
42 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
78%
Reposted roles
1%

Rocket Lab scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 88 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 78% have gone stale and 1% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 42 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
97
Busiest day
45 Oct 28, 2026
Days with postings
11 / 14
Oct 16, 2026: 5 posted Oct 17, 2026: 0 posted Oct 18, 2026: 0 posted Oct 19, 2026: 4 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: 7 posted Oct 28, 2026: 45 posted Oct 29, 2026: 14 posted
Oct 16, 2026 weekend Oct 29, 2026

Which roles Rocket Lab is hiring for

414 Jobs
Industrial Engineering 150 36.2%
Aerospace 81 19.6%
Field & Service 52 12.6%
Hardware 48 11.6%
Early Careers 24 5.8%
Other roles 59 14.3%

Where Rocket Lab is hiring

Rocket Lab hires from 13 offices across 3 countries, holding 535 of its open vacancies between them.

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How the work at Rocket Lab is set up

Work format
In office 504 99%
Remote 7 1%
Level
Senior 222 44%
Middle 84 17%
Intern 74 15%
Lead 49 10%
Junior 47 9%
Head+ 21 4%
Staff+ 7 1%
Employment
Internship 74 90%
Contractor 5 6%
Full-Time 3 4%

Salaries in Rocket Lab vacancies

314 of 511 vacancies state a salary (61%). The range below is built from those 314 stated figures only, never from an estimate.

Lower quartile
$105k
Median
$168k
Upper quartile
$229k
$56k$284k

All salaries at Rocket Lab

Open vacancies at Rocket Lab

$82k – $124k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · Bachelor's Degree · Pasadena
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$56k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · Internship · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
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Design
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$196k – $234k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · PhD · Long Beach
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$125k – $188k per year · Equity · In office · Secret · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
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$102k – $141k per year · Equity · In office · Secret · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
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$152k – $253k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 8+ years exp · PhD · Pasadena
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$132k – $198k per year · Equity · In office · Nationals only · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
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Questions about jobs at Rocket Lab

Is Rocket Lab hiring right now?

Yes. As of Oct 29, 2026, Rocket Lab has 511 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 150 open vacancies.

How much does Rocket Lab pay?

61% of vacancies at Rocket Lab state a salary. Across those 314 stated figures the range runs from $105k to $229k, with a median of $168k.

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 42 days or less. 102 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 88 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 78% have gone stale and 1% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 42 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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