Vehicle Test Engineering Manager — Impact & Equity

Relativity; City of Long Beach (NY); Presencial; USD 152.000 - 228.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Relativity Space is seeking a senior leader for the Manufacturing/Test domain in Long Beach, NY. You will manage a 4–5 person Test Engineer team and the Test Infrastructure group, owning all vehicle test deliverables for final stage integration and production checkout.

You will drive continuous improvement across test cycles, collaborate with design, manufacturing, and production teams, and help scale automated test frameworks for Terran R production.

Qualificações

• Bachelor of Science in aerospace, mechanical, manufacturing engineering or equivalent.
• 6+ years building, testing and integrating avionics hardware in a manufacturing environment.
• 1+ years managing and growing engineering teams.
• Experience interfacing with design, manufacturing and production personnel to deliver high quality output.
• Knowledge of launch vehicle subsystems including structures, propulsion, mechanisms, and high‑pressure gas systems.
• Self-starter with ability to define and roll out processes across a diverse team.
• Experience with launch vehicle systems testing and checkout operations.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a team of 4–5 Test Engineers and the Test Infrastructure team for production utilization.
• Drive culture of continuous improvement: reduce test cycle time and improve first-pass yield.
• Define production test signal flow from Stage 1/Stage 2 and Thrust Structure for campaigns.
• Own vehicle and subsystem checkout operations including LV/HV checks and readiness for test.
• Develop vehicle test standards, asset control and operator qualification; training plans.
• Collaborate with systems engineering for data reviews and validation matrices.
• Develop automated test frameworks and production checkout tooling for efficiency.
• Forecast workcenter demands and align with leadership to maintain schedule.

Conhecimentos

Test Engineering

Team Leadership

Avionics Hardware

Manufacturing

Systems Testing

Launch Vehicles

Formação

BS in Aerospace/Mechanical/Manufacturing

Ferramentas

MES

ERP

GSE/Automation

Descrição da vaga

Relativity Space is seeking a senior leader for the Manufacturing/Test domain in Long Beach, NY. You will manage a 4–5 person Test Engineer team and the Test Infrastructure group, owning all vehicle test deliverables for final stage integration and production checkout.

You will drive continuous improvement across test cycles, collaborate with design, manufacturing, and production teams, and help scale automated test frameworks for Terran R production.