Senior Stage Development Engineer for Rocket Builds

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Generous PTO and sick leave policy

Parental leave

Annual learning and development stiped

And more!

Job summary

Relativity Space seeks an engineer for the Vehicle Build team to design for operability and manage verification across integration, testing, and launch activities. You will help define operations and ensure consistency from build through flight, collaborating with cross-functional teams across fluids, avionics, and structures.

The role emphasizes solving complex build challenges, balancing performance, cost, and schedule, and supporting a new vehicle lifecycle as Terran R matures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Technical aptitude with understanding of mechanical, fluids, and avionics.

Responsibilities

• Balance technical, cost, and schedule constraints; weighing options, investigating scenarios, and proposing solutions.
• Owning the scope of verification activities for Integration, test, and launch site checkouts.
• Follow the vehicle through its life cycle to ensure consistency in quality and process.
• Drive systems through qualification, acceptance, and hotfire test campaigns by writing/reviewing test objectives, test matrices, and test plans.
• Enable manufacturing teams to scale by owning specific off-nominal work scope.
• Ability to travel to our test & launch sites and may additionally require shifted schedules or weekend work for critical milestones.

Skills

Problem-solving

Multitasking

Technical aptitude

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Aerospace ERP systems

Job description

Relativity Space seeks an engineer for the Vehicle Build team to design for operability and manage verification across integration, testing, and launch activities. You will help define operations and ensure consistency from build through flight, collaborating with cross-functional teams across fluids, avionics, and structures.

The role emphasizes solving complex build challenges, balancing performance, cost, and schedule, and supporting a new vehicle lifecycle as Terran R matures.