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:
The Vehicle Systems Engineering and Integrated Test team at Relativity is a cross-functional group tasked with ownership of Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Terran R rocket and the integration of various subsystems into those stages, while also ensuring that the processes themselves are as efficient as possible. This team is the engineering focal point throughout the vehicle’s lifecycle, considering and managing the upstream and downstream impacts of various changes, driving vehicle architecture trades, tackling tough integration problems, defining Concepts of Operations, coordinating and executing vehicle level tests/launch, and striving to strike the balance between performance, launch/build rate, and reliability. Beyond vehicle development itself, they strive to amplify the ability of responsible engineers to design the best possible product. Just as they are the focal point for the broader engineering changes of the vehicle, they also strive to ensure strong collaboration of teams, that the truth is centralized, work is visible, and that tools and process are streamlined.
About the Role:
As an Engineer II Systems Engineer you will collaborate with team members across the organization helping responsible engineers leverage already existing processed and tools, while contributing to the development of new engineering processes and tools to enable the design, development, certification, and flight of the Terran R launch system.
Example projects and responsibilities include the following:
- Working with Responsible Engineers ensuring processes are effective and updating content to reflect actual progress as needed
- Creating automations in Jira and python to streamline existing processes
- Collaborate with Technical Project Managers ensuring design scope is accurately captured in our various tools
- Communicating with program leadership on the status of design
- Brainstorming ways to improve our current processes and then implementing those ideas
- Prototype, implement, and rollout processes, tools, and automation that enable better design and test collaboration across the company
To be successful in this role, you should be self-motivated, adaptable, and able to contribute significantly to a fast-paced integrated vehicle program. You should also be able to resolve ambiguity and drive projects to completion. Ideally, you have Systems Engineering, Process development, Verification and Validation (V&V), and Requirement Management experience, as well as a proven track record completing projects successfully in a highly collaborative environment.
On a weekly basis, you will be supporting design teams, developing processes tools, and performing analysis. You will also use your strong organizational skills to properly manage the documentation and communication of your actions, recommendations, and decisions.
About You:
- An undergraduate degree in engineering or related field and 2+ years relevant experience
- Experience creating scripts
- Experience using Jira and Confluence
- Experience solving difficult problems with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
- Proven track record of contributing to project completion
- Expertise in modern systems engineering practices and tools
- Experience applying written and oral communication skills
Nice to haves, but not required:
- Graduate degree (MS/PhD) in engineering or related field and 1+ years of experience
- Hands-on experience in the design, integration, test, and operation of complex systems
- History of taking complex products from concept to production
- Strong desire to learn new subjects to solve difficult and often ambiguous challenges
- Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
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.
Hiring Range:
$117,000—$150,000 USD
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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