At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Construction Design & Delivery team is at the core of Relativity’s growth and development. Through our collaboration and expertise, we deliver projects that lay the foundation for Relativity’s future success. In essence, ‘we build the factory that builds the rockets! We are responsible for cross functional relationships with teams such as Manufacturing, Propulsion, PBF, Avionics, Machine Shop, Facilities, EHS and Security to name a few, working through design specifications and execution of critical infrastructure projects that supports the mission of work centers. Our relationships don’t stop there, working daily with government agencies, utility suppliers, vendors and contractors who support our factory build out. Our team ensures that all projects meet operational requirements, safety and environmental codes, all the while remaining within budget, delivering on time, and to the highest quality as we help to drive production forward.
About the Role:
- Lead end-to-end permitting and compliance operations — oversee project planning, regulatory approvals, and close-outs to support factory scaling through effective and repeatable project workflows
- Integrate construction execution with program strategy — support schedule development, risk elevation, and alignment with the factory’s Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
- Act as the primary liaison for external stakeholders — serve as the sole point of contact with the City of Long Beach, landlords, and owners’ representatives on permits, inspections, and alteration requests
- Drive coordination across cross-functional partners — work closely with design engineers, construction managers, superintendents, and leadership to ensure safety, quality, and compliance standards are upheld across all builds.
About You:
- You’re a builder and orchestrator — equally comfortable diving into site logistics as you are structuring workflows that bring predictability to complex capital projects
- You have a deep understanding of permitting, compliance, and construction operations, and know how to navigate city approvals, landlord interfaces, and stakeholder alignment with confidence and clarity
- You’re proactive and solutions-oriented, anticipating bottlenecks before they surface and elevating risks early to keep factory schedules on track
- You thrive in cross-functional environments, translating between engineers, construction managers, superintendents, and public agencies to drive progress with precision and diplomacy
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience delivering factory, industrial, or large-scale infrastructure projects within regulated or high-velocity environments
- Familiarity with city entitlement, CEQA, or environmental compliance processes, particularly with the City of Long Beach or similar jurisdictions
- Proficiency in construction scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project) and integration with Integrated Master Schedules (IMS)
- Background in landlord coordination or tenant improvement (TI) programs, managing owner’s rep communications from planning through close-out
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
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Relativity Space Long Beach, California, USA Office
We have two sites in Long Beach, CA's Space Beach: "The Wormhole," a 1M sq. ft. factory, once Boeing C-17's home. Nearby, "The Portal" supports Aeon R engine production for our Terran R launch vehicle.
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