Sr Manager Vehicle Software Infrastructure

About the Team: 

The Vehicle Software team develops the safety-critical software that runs on Terran R. The work spans a distributed real-time control system operating under extreme conditions like Mach 5 atmospheric flight with a deployment pace that allows you to see your code run on rocket engines daily. The team is building new system architecture from the ground up and just as importantly testing releasing and deploying it. You don’t need an aerospace background: what matters is experience with high-reliability software for complex systems. This is a rare opportunity to shape the foundation of Terran R’s software stack while directly influencing performance reliability and flight success.

About the Role:

• Lead the design development and maintenance of mission-critical Linux-based software infrastructure for command telemetry simulation and test automation systems
• Build and evolve tools and systems that support test execution across multiple environments including virtualized hardware HIL/SIL setups and integrated vehicle-in-the-loop testing
• Collaborate across engineering functions (e.g. avionics ground software flight software) to align on deliverables integration points and operational readiness
• Mentor/coach VSI engineers while providing a second set of technical eyes ensuring processes are being leveraged to help burn down technical risk
• Look broadly at existing infrastructure and the interfaces between ground and vehicle software and recommend tools and process updates to increase robustness and tool performance

About You:

• 10+ years of Software Engineering Experience with 4+ years of experience in a leadership role
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Software Engineering Aerospace Engineering  or a related technical field
• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams delivering successful Software Infrastructure on complex cross-functional projects
• Strong communication and organizational skills capable of coordinating across engineering Ground Software integration and executive teams
• Experience driving operational improvements asset utilization and process standardization within technical laboratory environments
• Proven ability to scale engineering teams including hiring mentoring and conducting performance reviews
• Deep experience debugging complex system issues and driving root cause analysis in test or production environments
• Familiarity with systems assurance concepts such as redundancy fault tolerance or formal verification

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Prior Space industry experience

What We Do

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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