Stage Development Engineer I — Launch Vehicle Systems

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space in Long Beach is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Vehicle Systems and Integrated Test team designs for operability and leads verification across stages and vehicles, enabling testing, flying, recovering, and reusing Terran R.

You will help balance constraints and develop rigorous test plans while collaborating across the company. The role emphasizes system-level integration, design verification, and operational CONOPs, with occasional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field (0–2 years of relevant experience).
• Strong technical problem solving and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Technical aptitude and basic understanding of mechanical, fluids, and electrical engineering.

Responsibilities

• Balance the technical, cost, and schedule constraints; weigh options and propose solutions.
• Perform requirements decomposition and develop vehicle, system, and unit level design verification activities.
• Develop and maintain the system and stage level Interface Control Documents; balance program risk through risk adjudication and mitigation planning.
• Drive systems through qualification, acceptance, and hotfire test campaigns by writing/reviewing test objectives, test matrices, and test plans.
• Develop, manage, and execute operational plans and vehicle-level CONOPs during test, hotfire, and launch campaigns.
• Ability to travel to test and launch sites and may require shifted schedules or weekend work for critical milestones.

Skills

Technical problem-solving

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Understanding of Mechanical, Fluids, &

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Relativity Space in Long Beach is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Vehicle Systems and Integrated Test team designs for operability and leads verification across stages and vehicles, enabling testing, flying, recovering, and reusing Terran R.

You will help balance constraints and develop rigorous test plans while collaborating across the company. The role emphasizes system-level integration, design verification, and operational CONOPs, with occasional