Senior Technical Program Manager I

Rocket Lab Corporation · Long Beach

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Company
Rocket Lab Corporation
Location
Long Beach
Salary
$137,075 — $196,275
Posted
September 23, 2026

About this job

Bachelor’s degree in physics, math, science, or other technical discipline 5+ years of program management experience A demonstrated track record of owning a technical program, product, or team end to end and carrying it across the finish line under real pressure, we hire on what you've shipped, not years logged Evidence you've moved real hardware and software from prototype toward high-rate production, with quantified yield, throughput, and cost gains Understanding of the nuances of takt time, line-of-balance, design-for-manufacturing, and learning-curve economics Experience identifying tooling, supply-chain, or yield risk and neutralizing it before it slows the line U.S.…

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