Senior RF Mission Architect — Space Systems

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior RF Mission Architect to lead core payload architectures. You’ll balance link budgets, antenna designs, and SWaP constraints, then translate trades into winning technical concepts for defense and commercial customers.

You’ll collaborate with payload hardware, software, and spacecraft teams to ensure architectures are buildable and smoothly transition into flight development, while shaping the hardware roadmap and supporting customer engagements.