At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.
Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.
About the Team:
We’re looking for a Senior Leave of Absence & Accommodations Specialist to join our People team at Relativity Space, reporting to the Manager, Leave of Absence & Benefits. Our People team is responsible for supporting Relativity’s best-in-class team, as well as strategically managing our hiring pipelines to help us find the very best to join our company. This role will be a key driver in supporting employees through the leave, accommodation, and workers’ compensation processes, while also contributing to the development of scalable leave-related procedures and documentation and other total rewards projects. The ideal candidate is an empathetic, detail-oriented professional with a strong background in leave management and compliance, who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative and evolving environment.
About the Role:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all leave of absence, accommodation, and workers’ compensation matters. You will manage a high-volume caseload of complex leave, accommodation, and workers’ compensation claims while maintaining a high level of customer service, documentation accuracy, and compliance.
- Manage relationships and case information with our third-party leave administrators and disability platforms, ensuring accurate and timely coordination of all leave cases, accuracy, data integrity, and timely updates.
- Evaluate and administer reasonable accommodation requests in accordance with the ADA, leading the interactive process with employees and internal stakeholders to determine effective and compliant solutions.
- Oversee and coordinate workers’ compensation claims in partnership with Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and external carriers, ensuring timely reporting and employee support throughout the claim process.
- Lead efforts to design, refine, and document leave of absence workflows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and employee-facing resources to drive consistency and scalability.
- Collaborate with the Benefits Specialist to support with benefits-related tasks as needed while also supporting additional Total Rewards and cross-functional initiatives as needed.
About You:
- 3–5 years of experience in leave of absence administration, accommodations, and HR operations.
- Strong knowledge of FMLA, ADA, CFRA, PDL, and other relevant federal, multi-state, and local leave and accommodation laws.
- Experience managing workers’ compensation claims and partnering with safety or risk teams.
- Payroll coordination experience and understanding of pay impacts during leave (e.g., disability offsets, taxability, timekeeping).
- Proven ability to manage a complex caseload with exceptional attention to detail, time management, and follow-through in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a high level of discretion and empathy.
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience using Workday or similar HRIS platforms.
- Exposure to aerospace, manufacturing, or startup environments.
- BS/BA degree in Human Resources, Risk Management, or a related field.
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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