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 Business Development team is focused on acquiring customers for Terran R. The work is strategic, not transactional, building long-term partnerships that align a uniquely capable rocket with customer needs now and in the future. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of the launch market by helping customers see how Terran R can unlock their missions. The team supports the company’s growth from a unique vantage point through the lens of the customers we serve.
About the Role:
This position will manage our day-to-day relationships with a number of customers with the ultimate goal of closing new deals for the company.
- Build relationships across the North American commercial satellite market including operators, manufacturers, suppliers and consultants.
- Use your professional relationships and market knowledge to identify and prioritize sales efforts.
- Collect competitive information and complete competitive assessments for each opportunity.
- Support the setting of sales targets.
- Act as a brand ambassador to grow customers knowledge of and excitement about working with Relativity.
- Develop creative approaches for winning new business.
- Travel requirement of ~50%.
About You:
- You must be able to demonstrate past success in a customer-facing role.
- Must be a high energy person who doesn’t take "no" for an answer.
- Understanding of sales tactics and techniques.
- Understanding of the competitive landscape.
- At least 5 years of customer facing experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM.
- Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills.
Nice to Haves, but Not Required:
- Previous experience in rocket sales.
- Master's degree in engineering or MBA.
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.
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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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