Jobs at Relativity Space

Lead full-cycle design, analysis, manufacture, and test of Terran R flight mechanisms (stage separation, fairing, landing gear, actuators). Perform trade studies, define requirements, integrate subsystems with additive primary structures, and collaborate with vehicle, loads, avionics, and manufacturing teams to deliver hardware on time and budget.

Own development, test, and integration of navigation avionics for Terran R. Lead architectural trades, create acceptance and qualification test plans, and integrate GNSS and IMU sensors for high-dynamic launch environments. Support hardware bring-up, validation, debugging, and data analysis while collaborating cross-functionally to enable landing, recovery, and reuse of the booster stage.

Lead full design cycle for Terran R primary and secondary structures: concept, analysis, sizing, drawings, testing, and manufacturing support. Use CAD and FEA tools to reduce mass and parts, own designs from requirements through production, and drive test campaigns and manufacturability improvements.

Lead and manage a systems engineering team to develop and scale systems engineering tools and processes, ensure requirement verification and test objectives, reduce subsystem/component technical risk ahead of stage testing, align stakeholders, mentor engineers, and drive decisions across vehicle domains to support Terran R development and launches.

Lead and manage an avionics hardware team to design, build, test, qualify, and support custom electronics for Terran R across the full product lifecycle, coordinating cross-functional integration and enforcing rigorous engineering processes.

Design, implement, and verify state-based vehicle automation for test, hotfire, and launch operations. Collaborate with subsystem engineers to define requirements and architecture, author and review code, validate automation with physics-backed models in CI/CD, and support console operations and pre/post-operation data analysis.

Design, test, and analyze custom high-speed avionics electronics for Terran R across full product lifecycle, including board bring-up, verification, qualification, manufacturing, integration, and vehicle operations while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Support vehicle build and verification across the Terran R lifecycle: define and own verification activities, write/review test objectives, matrices, and plans, drive qualification and hotfire campaigns, enable scalable manufacturing, balance technical/cost/schedule tradeoffs, and support integration, test, and launch site checkouts with potential travel and shifted schedules.

Lead development of avionics electronics and mechanical hardware for Terran R, managing multidisciplinary teams through requirements, design, testing, manufacturing, integration, and operations to deliver flight-ready systems for harsh space environments.

Lead legal strategy for large-scale infrastructure and real estate projects: land acquisition and leasing, permitting, entitlements, zoning, construction agreements, easements, and vendor contracts. Advise stakeholders, negotiate major transactions, partner with local officials and communities, and implement scalable risk and contract management practices.

Lead and manage an avionics hardware team to design, verify, qualify, and deliver custom electronics for Terran R. Oversee full product lifecycle, cross-functional integration, and engineering process improvements to enable flight-ready avionics systems.

Design, test, and qualify mixed-signal electronics for Terran R across the full product lifecycle: concept, board design, bring-up, verification, qualification, and flight production. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable, manufacturable avionics hardware supporting vehicle integration and operations.

Design, implement, verify, and validate custom FPGA firmware for Terran R across the full product lifecycle. Lead FPGA development including RTL design, synthesis, timing analysis, board bring-up, qualification, and flight production while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure integrated, mission-critical avionics systems.

Design, analyze, build, and test Terran R flight mechanisms (stage separation, payload deployment, landing gear, aero actuation). Lead full design cycle, conduct trade studies, define requirements, collaborate with structures, avionics, fluids, additive manufacturing and test teams to deliver flight hardware on schedule and budget.

Design, test, and mature custom avionics electronics for the Terran R launch vehicle across the full product lifecycle. Lead board-level design, bring-up, validation, qualification, and flight production while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable, mission-ready hardware.

Lead internal communications strategy and execution to align employees with company mission and priorities. Manage executive communications, editorial calendar, channels (Slack, intranet, newsletters, video), change-management messaging, crisis response, and cross-functional storytelling. Partner with leaders and subject-matter experts to translate technical progress into clear narratives and collaborate with design and production to create multimedia content.

Lead avionics system-level integration, validation, testing, and operations for Terran R. Design and execute component, subsystem, and vehicle-level test plans, develop CONOPs, automation, and test infrastructure, support integrated testbeds, on-console operations, and data review during stage tests and launches.

Build and iterate full-stack applications and services for an automated rocket factory platform. Develop tools for planning, scheduling, data analysis, and operations; collaborate with stakeholders, follow agile practices, ship CI/CD software, and mentor engineers.

The Senior Thermal Engineer will design thermal systems, conduct analyses, and support vehicle testing, ensuring performance and integration across teams.

Designs and maintains controller processes for safety-critical hardware, focusing on fast deterministic binaries, memory-based IPC, high-performance low-latency execution, and integration with industrial protocols and TCP-based data flows between controllers and higher-level systems.