Senior Stage Engineer, Vehicle Systems & Integration

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space in Long Beach is seeking a Stage Responsible Engineer for the Vehicle Systems and Integrated Test team. You will collaborate across disciplines to design, build, test, fly, recover, and reuse Terran R, ensuring integration of stages and vehicles throughout their lifecycle.

The role emphasizes cross-functional ownership, fast-paced problem solving, and hands-on work with hardware. You will lead end-to-end test campaigns, drive risk and verification activities, and travel to test

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Technical aptitude and basic understanding of all functional disciplines (Mechanical, Fluids, and Electrical engineering).

Responsibilities

• Own Stage test campaigns end-to-end: develop test plans with product owners, execute campaigns at Stennis, write test sequences, review data, sit console for hotfire tests, and work hands-on with hardware
• Troubleshoot technical challenges in real-time; drive systems integration: perform requirements decomposition, develop verification activities at vehicle/system/unit levels, and execute operational plans and CONOPs for test, hotfire, and launch campaigns
• Balance risk and execution: lead risk adjudication and mitigation planning while driving systems through qualification, acceptance, and hotfire test campaigns
• Support cross-functional systems work: subsystem troubleshooting, partner investigations, engine analysis/simulation, trade studies, and more
• Travel to test and launch sites with flexibility for shifted schedules and weekend work during critical milestones

Skills

Stage test campaigns

Systems integration

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Relativity Space in Long Beach is seeking a Stage Responsible Engineer for the Vehicle Systems and Integrated Test team. You will collaborate across disciplines to design, build, test, fly, recover, and reuse Terran R, ensuring integration of stages and vehicles throughout their lifecycle.

The role emphasizes cross-functional ownership, fast-paced problem solving, and hands-on work with hardware. You will lead end-to-end test campaigns, drive risk and verification activities, and travel to test