{"title":"Rocket Lab: 513 open jobs","description":"As of Nov 13, 2026, Rocket Lab has 513 open jobs on Alion. 323 of them state a salary (63%). They are posted in 10 cities. 5 allow remote or hybrid work. Most open roles: Industrial Engineering 145, Aerospace 83, Field & Service 50. Since Oct 12, 2026, the number of open roles has held steady: 516 then, 513 now. The biggest drop was in Early Careers: from 29 to 18. Its postings score B on the Alion truth index.","how_to_cite":"Alion, \"Rocket Lab: 513 open jobs\", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/rocketlab/jobs","as_of":"2026-11-13","company":{"id":684473,"name":"Rocket Lab","domain":"rocketlab.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/rocketlab"},"open_jobs":513,"with_salary":323,"salary_share":0.63,"salary_usd_year":{"p25":115025,"median":168000,"p75":214850,"postings":323},"posted_last_30_days":189,"median_days_on_alion":43,"newest_posting":"2026-11-13","hiring_trend":{"since":"2026-10-12","open_then":516,"open_now":513,"change":-3,"change_pct":-1,"quarter":null,"by_area":[{"area":"Industrial Engineering","open_then":160,"open_now":145,"change":-15,"open_quarter_ago":null},{"area":"Aerospace","open_then":94,"open_now":83,"change":-11,"open_quarter_ago":null},{"area":"Field & Service","open_then":56,"open_now":50,"change":-6,"open_quarter_ago":null},{"area":"Hardware","open_then":48,"open_now":44,"change":-4,"open_quarter_ago":null},{"area":"Sales","open_then":25,"open_now":32,"change":7,"open_quarter_ago":null},{"area":"Early Careers","open_then":29,"open_now":18,"change":-11,"open_quarter_ago":null},{"area":"Operations","open_then":21,"open_now":19,"change":-2,"open_quarter_ago":null},{"area":"Administrative","open_then":18,"open_now":13,"change":-5,"open_quarter_ago":null}],"biggest_move":{"area":"Early Careers","kind":"down","open_then":29,"open_now":18},"comparable_since":null,"method":"Weekly snapshots of the company's own careers board, only for boards that state each posting's date; a week enters only when the open count it leaves equals the one before it plus the roles posted minus the roles closed that week, so a change in how much of the board Alion reads is never reported as hiring. Areas at the earlier date are counted in today's role tags.","cite":"Alion, open roles at Rocket Lab, 13 November 2026. https://alion.io/company/rocketlab/jobs"},"truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":82,"roles_checked":84,"method":"https://alion.io/methodology"},"roles":[{"name":"Industrial Engineering","open_jobs":145,"share":0.36},{"name":"Aerospace","open_jobs":83,"share":0.2},{"name":"Field & Service","open_jobs":50,"share":0.12},{"name":"Hardware","open_jobs":44,"share":0.11},{"name":"Sales","open_jobs":32,"share":0.08},{"name":"Operations","open_jobs":19,"share":0.05},{"name":"Early Careers","open_jobs":18,"share":0.04},{"name":"Management","open_jobs":16,"share":0.04}],"cities":[{"name":"Long Beach","open_jobs":246},{"name":"Auckland","open_jobs":79},{"name":"Littleton","open_jobs":46},{"name":"Middle River","open_jobs":33},{"name":"Tucson","open_jobs":33},{"name":"United States","open_jobs":24},{"name":"Albuquerque","open_jobs":19},{"name":"Chantilly","open_jobs":18},{"name":"Silver Spring","open_jobs":17},{"name":"Pasadena","open_jobs":13}],"work_format":[{"name":"In office","open_jobs":508,"share":0.99},{"name":"Remote","open_jobs":5,"share":0.01}],"seniority":[{"name":"Senior","open_jobs":225,"share":0.44},{"name":"Middle","open_jobs":91,"share":0.18},{"name":"Intern","open_jobs":60,"share":0.12},{"name":"Junior","open_jobs":49,"share":0.1},{"name":"Lead","open_jobs":44,"share":0.09},{"name":"Head+","open_jobs":28,"share":0.06}],"coverage":"open vacancies from the employer's own careers board","html_url":"https://alion.io/company/rocketlab/jobs","json_url":"https://alion.io/company/rocketlab/jobs.json","md_url":"https://alion.io/company/rocketlab/jobs.md","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","meta":{"source":"Alion","built_at":"2026-11-13T11:29:14Z","generated_at":"2026-11-13T12:04:41Z"}}