Avionics Test Engineer II — Equity & Impact in Space Tech

Relativity Space, Inc.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Generous PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking an Avionics Test Engineer to design, develop, and execute testing strategies for Terran R avionics. You will partner with hardware and software teams to ensure robust qualification and acceptance testing across the product lifecycle.

You'll build automation and testing infrastructure, design fixtures and harnesses, and drive systematic verification from component to vehicle level, enabling rapid, reliable flight hardware validation and safer, scalable launches.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace Engineering or closely related field.
• Experience with electronics hardware testing or simulation.
• Familiarity with data acquisition and control systems platforms such as NI or Beckhoff.
• Experience with electronics test equipment (power supplies, DMMs, oscilloscopes, signal generators, loads).
• Familiarity with common protocols Ethernet, CAN, UART, SPI.

Responsibilities

• Develop frameworks and infrastructure to conduct qualification and acceptance testing of Avionics components on the Terran R launcher.
• Design equipment to facilitate Avionics testing: simulation circuits, test harnesses, fixtures and enclosures.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to derive test requirements and methods.
• Create and maintain test plans and procedures for avionics systems.
• Integrate, commission, and operate test rack hardware and software for system-level testing.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Electronics hardware testing

Data acquisition

Ethernet

CAN

UART

SPI

Test equipment

Automation tooling

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer/Aerospace

Tools

NI

Beckhoff

Job description

Relativity Space is seeking an Avionics Test Engineer to design, develop, and execute testing strategies for Terran R avionics. You will partner with hardware and software teams to ensure robust qualification and acceptance testing across the product lifecycle.

You'll build automation and testing infrastructure, design fixtures and harnesses, and drive systematic verification from component to vehicle level, enabling rapid, reliable flight hardware validation and safer, scalable launches.