Job Description
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 Avionics team is responsible for the full lifecycle of Terran R’s nervous system designing building testing installing and operating the hardware that connects and controls every major electrical system on the vehicle and ground. The team leverages close partnership between avionics design manufacturing and test to enable rapid iteration and feedback loops. Engineers are deeply embedded into other functions within Relativity working closely with propulsion GNC fluids and stage engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and operation. Now is a unique time to join: you’ll get to help shape Terran R's fundamental avionics architecture and be given a high degree of ownership on components that will fly.
About the Role:
- Lead a team of 5-10 mechanical design engineers through design analysis and test of avionics enclosures and secondary structure
- Set team priorities and drive execution in alignment with the development schedule
- Define best practices for avionics mechanical design to ensure the reliability and survivability of sensitive electronics in harsh environments
- Partner with electrical engineering design team to define component placement and evaluate thermal performance and vibration survivability
- Partner with analysis and design teams on structural dynamic and thermal evaluations
About You:
- 7+ years of experience in a full cycle mechanical design engineering role
- 3+ years of leadership experience
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering or related field
- Experience with 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software
- Experience with structural and thermal analysis
- Experience designing and developing mechanical hardware which is made to help electronics survive harsh environments
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience with the design of electronic assemblies batteries and/or vibration isolation systems
- Experience with finite element analysis methods
- Applied knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
- Proficient with NX/Teamcenter CAD package
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 is on a mission to better connect humanity to space and the universe beyond our planet. Our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket Terran R 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.
Why Work With Us
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.
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