# Principal Combustion Devices Engineer at Rocket Lab Corporation

- Company: Rocket Lab Corporation
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Level: Principal
- Discipline: Engineering
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $162K–350K
- Posted: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rocketlab/jobs/8017071003

## Description

ABOUT ROCKET LAB 
 Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.
 NEUTRON 
 Neutron is a medium-lift launch vehicle being developed by Rocket Lab, a publicly traded end-to-end space company. The rocket can deliver the mega constellations of tomorrow, enable interplanetary payloads, and support human spaceflight. As a reusable platform, Neutron will deliver a very cost-effective and reliable launch solution leveraging Rocket Lab’s proven history with Electron – the third most launched rocket, worldwide, in 2024. If you’re interested in joining an incredible team in a fast-paced and rewarding environment, this is your opportunity. 
 PRINCIPAL COMBUSTION DEVICES ENGINEER 
 Based out of Rocket Lab's headquarters in Long Beach, CA, the Principal Combustion Devices Engineer will be responsible for the development of one or more combustion devices (preburners, main injectors, thrust chambers assemblies and vacuum nozzles). These devices are an integral portion of the 200,000 lbf Archimedes engine, which operates in a demanding but efficient ox-rich, staged combustion architecture.
 In this role, you’ll take ownership of all aspects of a component: design and analysis, manufacturing and test support, and successful flights and subsequent, high-cadence, re-flights. By doing so, you will help propel the Neutron rocket

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