Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer, Operations Long Beach, California

Relativity; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 203,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO and sick leave policy

Parental leave

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Relativity is seeking a Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer in Long Beach, California. This role is crucial for testing avionics hardware across the product lifecycle of our Terran R vehicle. The successful candidate will design and execute testing strategies and coordinate efforts to validate avionics systems.

Qualified candidates should have an undergraduate or graduate degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering with over 5 years of relevant experience. We offer a competitive salary ranging from $148,000 to $203,500, generous PTO, and more.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with integrated systems test and validation.
• Experience testing, validating, and troubleshooting complex integrated electrical and software systems.
• Understanding of engineering requirements capture and verification/validation test planning.

Responsibilities

• Responsible engineer for avionics system-level integration.
• Coordinate test efforts to validate avionics design.
• Support on-console test operations for avionics system.

Skills

Integrated systems test experience

Scripting languages (Python, MATLAB)

Troubleshooting complex systems

Design validation

Education

Undergraduate or graduate degree in relevant field

Tools

Wire harness design tools (Zuken)

CAD tools (NX, Teamcenter)

PCB design modeling tool (Altium Designer)

Job description

Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer, Operations

Long Beach, California

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.

About the Team

The Avionics team is responsible for all aspects of the electrical design on the rocket, from electronics, interconnects, associated mechanical design, testing and initial production. This team's scope includes the flight computers, power systems, RF systems, PCB design, autonomous flight safety systems, and telemetry. This team works on complex electrical systems that require modularity and flexibility, and are critical to the successful launch of Terran R, and beyond!

About the Role

The Avionics Test & Operations team is responsible for testing avionics hardware and systems across the entire product lifecycle of Terran R: component-, subsystem-, and vehicle-level. As an Avionics Test Engineer at Relativity Space, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing avionics testing strategies for our rocket systems. This includes working closely with the avionics design team to identify and troubleshoot any issues, and developing automation and testing infrastructure to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Responsible engineer for avionics system-level integration, design validation, test, and operations
• Coordinate test efforts to validate avionics system and subsystem design, including power system validation, fault tolerance and isolation behavior, vehicle network behavior, software validation, etc.
• Develop vehicle-level avionics CONOPs, go/no-go criteria, system automation, and operator manuals
• Support the development and operation of Avionics integrated system testbeds
• Support on-console test operations and data review for the avionics system during stage-level test and launch operations

About You

• Undergraduate or graduate degree (BS/MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years experience with integrated systems test, such as flight test, hardware or software design validation, or development of hardware in the loop test platforms
• Understanding of engineering requirements capture and the verification/validation test planning process
• Experience testing, validating, and troubleshooting complex integrated electrical and software systems
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB for data acquisition/recording and analysis

Nice to have but not required

• Familiarity with wire harness design tools such as Zuken
• Familiarity with CAD tools such as NX and Teamcenter
• Familiarity with a PCB design modeling tool such as Altium Designer
• Familiarity with common communication protocols such as Ethernet, CAN, UART, SPI, etc.

Compensation and Benefits

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 and perks we offer, please visit our website.

Hiring Range

$148,000 - $203,500 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.