Rocket Lab (RKLB) hiring
Rocket Lab's open jobs have more than doubled since July 2024
Rocket Lab's own careers board listed 545 jobs on 6 Nov 2026, against 261 in July 2024 and 204 in January 2023. Long Beach grew most, from 99 to 239 open jobs. Tucson (33), Chantilly (15) and Pasadena (15) are sites the board did not list in July 2024; without them, the count is still 482.
Jobs on Rocket Lab's board, month by month
From archived copies of the board. The low was 173 in August 2025. The last archived month shown is October 2026; the dotted step joins it to today's count, and a gap in the line is a run of months with no archived copy.
Where Rocket Lab is hiring: July 2024 and today
| Site | July 2024 | 6 Nov 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | 99 | 239 | +141% |
| Auckland | 81 | 81 | +0% |
| Middle River | 19 | 40 | +111% |
| Tucson | 0 | 33 | new |
| Wallops Island | 5 | 28 | +460% |
| Littleton | 16 | 26 | +63% |
| Albuquerque | 16 | 23 | +44% |
| Stennis Space Center | 4 | 16 | +300% |
| Chantilly | 0 | 15 | new |
| Pasadena | 0 | 15 | new |
| Silver Spring | 3 | 14 | +367% |
| Toronto | 3 | 5 | +67% |
| All sites | 261 | 545 | +109% |
The twelve sites with the most jobs today, by the city the board names; the total counts every site. Sources: the board as archived in July 2024 and the board itself on 6 Nov 2026.
Which programs job titles name
| Program in the title | July 2024 | 6 Nov 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutron | 13 | 13 | +0% |
| Electron | 10 | 3 | -70% |
| HASTE | 6 | 0 | -100% |
A title can name more than one program, and many name none, so these do not add up to the total.
Every Rocket Lab posting, every day
Hiring radar records each Rocket Lab posting and those of about 150 more space companies, role by role: title, kind of work, site, stated pay, the days it went up and came down, and a daily change log, as plain files. The week's counts for every listed space company are on the space stocks hiring tracker, and the Rocket Lab roles themselves on our Rocket Lab jobs page.
Questions
Is Rocket Lab hiring?
Rocket Lab's own careers board listed 545 open jobs on 6 Nov 2026, against 261 in July 2024.
Where is Rocket Lab hiring the most?
Long Beach (239), Auckland (81), Middle River (40), Tucson (33) list the most jobs today. The largest increase since July 2024 is Long Beach, from 99 to 239.
Which Rocket Lab programs are hiring?
Counting the programs job titles name: Neutron 13, Electron 3, HASTE 0. Many titles name no program, so these are a floor.
How are these numbers counted?
Every job on Rocket Lab's Greenhouse careers board, the board its careers page reads. The past months come from the copies the Internet Archive kept of that board; today's count is the board itself on 6 Nov 2026. A site is the city the board names. The Rocket Lab jobs we list, with pay and locations, are on our Rocket Lab jobs page.