Principal Software Engineer /Senior Principal Software Engineer - TS/SCI
Rocket LabLong Beach, California, United States
Posted December 24, 2025
180000 - 255000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access space.
Job Description
Rocket Lab is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer/Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, reliable, and mission-critical software systems for space-based applications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline
- 12+ years of professional software development experience, including embedded systems and ground software
- Proven expertise in architecting scalable and reliable software systems for aerospace or defense applications
- Proficiency in C and C++ for embedded software development and python for testing
- Experience with both DIO and AIO (Digital and Analog Inputs and Outputs)
- Experience with integrating hardware, including implementing ICDs, and debugging
- Experience with deriving the Flight Software architecture from the electrical design including reading a master ICD list and/or schematics
- Experience with RF ground to space communication
Benefits
- Top tier medical HMO, PPO & a 100% company-sponsored medical HSA plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- 3 weeks paid vacation and 5 days sick leave per year
- 11 paid holidays per year
- Flexible spending and dependent care savings accounts
- Paid parental leave
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with company match