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[/company/rocket-lab-cf31d62d](/company/rocket-lab-cf31d62d)[Rocket Lab](/company/rocket-lab-cf31d62d)
# Mission Manager at Rocket Lab

Department: 3550 Mission Management

Compensation

$137,075 – $196,275/yr

**Location**
: Long Beach, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Sep 25, 2026

## Description

Rocket Lab is hiring a Mission Manager to manage multiple customer missions from contract signing through payload integration and launch for its HASTE program. The role oversees technical, programmatic, and financial milestones; payload integration; milestone reviews; interface control documentation; customer technical support; business development input; and public events. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in engineering or a technical discipline, at least five years of mission or technical program management experience, launch-vehicle or spacecraft integration or project management experience, travel ability, and eligibility for a TS/SCI clearance. The position is based at a North American Rocket Lab site and may require travel to launch pads, customer sites, and overseas locations.

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