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 Office of the CTO is responsible for ensuring the technical organization runs efficiently, scales effectively, and delivers on ambitious milestones in support of our mission. We serve as technical liaisons across the company – partnering with leaders from nearly every functional area to align product vision and top level goals, translate priorities into executable plans, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, and drive organizational development. As a member of this team, you will work at the intersection of technical strategy and operations to improve how our work is planned, communicated, and delivered.
About the Role:
- Technical Operations:
- Own the strategic planning and delivery of high-priority technical programs, serving as the connective tissue between the office of the CTO and cross-functional stakeholders
- Provide analytical support and strategic insights to inform decision making on technical investments, resource allocation, and organizational goals
- External Research & Development Partnerships:
- Establish & drive the full program lifecycle for R&D investments/partnerships - from initial opportunity evaluation and technical scoping to product development, partner engagement, and long-term integration planning
- Serve as the operational and technical liaison to external research institutions, nonprofits, and mission aligned partners—ensuring partnerships are well-structured, mutually beneficial, and technically rigorous
- Develop and maintain program structures, governance models, and reporting frameworks that enable execution at scale and ensure alignment with the company’s technical roadmap
- Technical Strategy:
- Influence organizational direction by synthesizing learnings from internal initiatives & external R&D programs into actionable insights for senior technical leadership
About You:
- Degree in engineering or a related discipline — or demonstrated equivalent experience working in a technical environment
- 7+ years of relevant work experience in program management or product development roles, with a strong track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Experience managing externally facing programs, including partnerships with research institutions, nonprofits, or government entities
- Strong executive presence, including ability to drive clarity and action across all levels of the organization
- Adept at navigating both technical and strategic discussions across a diverse group of stakeholders and teams
- Proven success operating independently in highly ambiguous, dynamic environments—able to bring structure, clarity, and rigor without predefined paths
Nice to haves but not required:
- Advanced degree in a relevant technical or management field
- 10+ years of experience in domains
- Experience in product development from engineering to production with deep knowledge of early development and engineering phases of product lifecycle
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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