Lead Engineer, Avionics Battery Test

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Ibrido; USD 151.000 - 227.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Relativity Space is seeking a Lead of Avionics Battery Test Engineering to build and lead the high‑voltage battery testing program for Terran R. You will define test strategy, build lab infrastructure, and hire a team of test engineers across HV, pack, and cell testing.

You will oversee HV battery bring‑up, structured failure analysis, and data systems that turn test results into rapid, high‑quality feedback for design teams. This role requires hands-on lab expertise and strong leadership.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, or related field).
• Extensive experience in battery testing, validation, or energetics; hands-on testing.
• Strong understanding of battery physics, safety behavior, failure modes, HV fundamentals.
• Experience defining and executing performance, durability, abuse, destructive tests.
• Hands-on experience with battery test equipment, cyclers, chambers, DAQ, instrumentation.
• 3+ years leading test engineering teams; develop engineers' technical and leadership skills.
• Strong safety mindset; oversee high-energy, high-consequence test operations.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Mansioni

• Build and lead the Avionics Battery Test Engineering team from the ground up.
• Define test strategy and build lab infrastructure; establish safety standards.
• Hire and develop engineers including electrical/performance and abuse/destructive testers.
• Oversee HV battery bring-up and pack-/cell-level testing.
• Perform structured failure analysis and share rapid feedback with design teams.
• Manage test operations in fast-paced development environments.

Conoscenze

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Battery testing

HV system fundamentals

Test program execution

Leadership of test teams

Safety mindset

Analytical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Strumenti

Battery test equipment

Cyclers

Chambers

DAQ systems

Instrumentation hardware

Descrizione del lavoro

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. OurTerran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launchcapacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock newopportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyondthe 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. Nowis a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, andthe culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The mostmeaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team:

The Avionics team is responsible for the full lifecycle of Terran R's nervous system, designing, building, testing, installing, and operating the hardware that connects and controls every major electrical system on the vehicle and ground. The team leverages close partnership between avionics design, manufacturing, and test to enable rapid iteration and feedback loops. Engineers are deeply embedded into other functions within Relativity, working closely with propulsion, GNC, fluids, and stage engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and operation. Now is a unique time to join: you'll get to help shape Terran R's fundamental avionics architecture and be given a high degree of ownership on components that will fly.

About the Role:

As the Lead of Avionics Battery Test Engineering, you will build and lead the team responsible for all high-voltage battery testing at Relativity, spanning performance, electrical, abuse, and destructive test programs at both the pack and cell level. You will stand up this capability from the ground up: defining the test strategy, building out lab and test infrastructure, establishing safety and procedural standards, and hiring and developing a team that includes electrical/performance test engineers and abuse/destructive test engineers, as well as cell-science expertise. You will oversee HV battery bring-up, pack- and cell-level testing, structured failure analysis, and the data systems that turn test results into rapid, high-quality feedback for design teams. This role requires a strong technical foundation in battery testing and energetics, hands‑on lab expertise, and experience managing test teams in fast‑paced development environments.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, or related field)
• Extensive experience in battery testing, validation, or energetics system evaluation, including hands‑on execution of test programs
• Strong understanding of battery physics, safety behavior, failure modes, and HV system fundamentals
• Experience defining and executing performance, durability, abuse, and destructive test programs
• Hands‑on experience with battery test equipment, cyclers, chambers, DAQ systems, and instrumentation hardware
• Experience with HV battery bring‑up, sensor instrumentation, test fixture design, and test setup design
• 3+ years leading test engineering teams, including development of engineers' technical and leadership skills
• Strong safety mindset and comfort overseeing high‑energy, high‑consequence test operations
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills

Nice to haves but not required:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, or related field)
• Extensive experience in battery testing, validation, or energetics system evaluation, including hands‑on execution of test programs
• Strong understanding of battery physics, safety behavior, failure modes, and HV system fundamentals
• Experience defining and executing performance, durability, abuse, and destructive test programs
• Hands‑on experience with battery test equipment, cyclers, chambers, DAQ systems, and instrumentation hardware
• Experience with HV battery bring‑up, sensor instrumentation, test fixture design, and test setup design
• 3+ years leading test engineering teams, including development of engineers' technical and leadership skills
• Strong safety mindset and comfort overseeing high‑energy, high‑consequence test operationsStrong analytical, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills

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!

Hiring Range:

$151,000 — $227,000 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.