Launch Integration Engineer I

Relativity Space; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in Florida is seeking hands-on engineers to support vehicle processing, build flows, and test procedures for the Terran R program. You will collaborate with engineers, technicians, and production teams at Cape Canaveral to ensure readiness and quality across subassemblies and integrated systems.

This role emphasizes working with design, supply chain, and manufacturing to enable higher launch rates, tooling improvements, and production documentation updates while contributing to

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building, assembling, or testing hardware.
• Familiarity with mechanical assembly and test processes.
• Experience using drawings, CAD models, or test documentation.
• Experience troubleshooting technical or hardware issues.
• Experience collaborating with engineers and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities

• Support vehicle processing and checkouts at the launch site through launch operations.
• Develop and update build flows, work instructions, and test procedures.
• Support first article builds and identify opportunities to improve repeatability and quality.
• Provide hands-on floor support and troubleshoot issues with technicians and engineers.
• Coordinate with design, supply chain, production, and test teams for readiness and handoffs.
• Contribute to manufacturing systems improvements and production documentation.

Skills

Hardware assembly experience

Test procedures

CAD drawings understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting engineering issues

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

CAD software

ERP/MES awareness

Job description

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About The Team

The Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape is the only place where you see it all come together, offering a level of exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program. This is where first flights happen, where history is built on top of history, and where the scale of what's underway is unlike anything in modern aerospace. The mission stays the same, but the work evolves with every milestone: from first launch to reuse, high-cadence operations, and beyond. If you're looking to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook, not just repeat what’s already been done, this is where it happens.

About The Role

• Support vehicle processing and checkouts at the launch site from receiving through launch operations, following established processes to help ensure execution readiness and product quality across subassemblies and integrated systems.
• Develop and update build flows, work instructions, and test procedures with guidance from experienced engineers to support consistent, high-quality execution.
• Support first article builds in a fast-paced environment by identifying opportunities to improve repeatability, quality, and processes as the program transitions toward higher launch rates.
• Provide hands-on floor support during build and test activities, collaborate with technicians and engineers to troubleshoot issues, incorporate feedback, and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with design, supply chain, production, and test teams to support part readiness, tooling availability, schedule alignment, and effective handoffs between build stages.
• Contribute to manufacturing systems and infrastructure improvements, including tooling, ERP/MES workflows, and production documentation standards.

About You

• Bachelors degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience building, assembling, or testing hardware through internships, co-ops, academic labs, student project teams, or a manufacturing or integration environment.
• Familiarity with mechanical assembly and test processes, such as hardware checkout, structural testing, or pressurized system testing.
• Experience using technical drawings, CAD models, work instructions, or test documentation to support hardware build or test activities.
• Experience identifying and troubleshooting technical or hardware issues and documenting findings or recommended solutions.
• Experience working collaboratively on technical projects with engineers, technicians, manufacturing teams, or other cross-functional partners.

Nice To Haves But Not Required

• Experience supporting aerospace, automotive, robotics, or other complex hardware development or manufacturing activities.
• Experience developing or executing build instructions, test procedures, or system-level verification activities.
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO9001, or similar quality management systems.
• Familiarity with manufacturing tools and systems such as ERP/MES platforms, tooling development, or production documentation.

Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range

$90,000—$136,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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