Senior Avionics Test Automation Engineer — Flight Hardware

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking an Avionics Test Engineer to design, develop, and automate the test infrastructure for Terran R's Flight Termination System hardware. You will create automated workflows and data-review pipelines, support qualification, and partner with avionics, software, and systems engineers to ensure robust hardware readiness.

The role combines hands-on lab work with developing test execution automation and data analysis tools, using CAD models and schematics to guide hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field.
• 5+ years in high-reliability product development and/or testing.
• Experience developing and improving test automation frameworks.
• Experience building automated pipelines to process and visualize test data.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware/software integration and support root-cause investigations.
• Hands-on with test instrumentation, data acquisition, and data analysis.
• Experience in safety-critical or regulated environments with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate test infrastructure for Terran R flight termination hardware.
• Build automated test workflows and data review pipelines.
• Support qualification and acceptance testing with cross-functional teams.
• Prepare hardware for integration and document test results.
• Collaborate with avionics, software, and systems engineers on V&V processes.

Skills

High-reliability product development

Test automation frameworks

Automated data pipelines

Troubleshooting hardware/software

Test instrumentation & data analysis

Safety-critical environments

Interpret CAD/wiring diagrams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering

Tools

Python

Pandas

NI PXI / cDAQ DAQ systems

Rest APIs

Grafana / Plotly / PowerBI

SQL / Document Databases

Job description

Relativity Space is seeking an Avionics Test Engineer to design, develop, and automate the test infrastructure for Terran R's Flight Termination System hardware. You will create automated workflows and data-review pipelines, support qualification, and partner with avionics, software, and systems engineers to ensure robust hardware readiness.

The role combines hands-on lab work with developing test execution automation and data analysis tools, using CAD models and schematics to guide hardware