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 Factory Test team designs, builds, and operates the infrastructure needed to test nearly every part of Terran R right here at our headquarters in Long Beach, CA. This centralized approach provides engineers and technicians with exposure to the entire product lifecycle across a wide range of part sizes and complexities. The scope and scale are significant, with test stands capable of handling millions of pounds of force. Team members lead multiple projects in parallel, avoiding silos and gaining broad technical experience without needing a background in aerospace. With high-impact campaigns ahead, now is the time to join. You won’t just execute, but you’ll help shape and scale the test infrastructure required to meet the demands of a rapidly growing launch program.
This is a second-shift position with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. PT. The role is structured around a 50-hour workweek, including 10 guaranteed overtime hours each week. In addition to base pay, employees receive a 10% shift differential.
About the Role:
- Lead and own smaller projects or portions of larger initiatives, ensuring high-quality work is completed within deadlines.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues with minimal oversight, utilizing technical expertise and problem-solving frameworks.
- Take responsibility for meeting short-term team goals while driving results and contributing to overall team performance.
- Provide technical oversight for team members, ensuring quality and accuracy in all work performed.
- Actively mentor and train less experienced technicians, elevating team knowledge and ensuring safety protocols are followed.
- Collaborate with engineering and leadership to develop and implement new processes, hardware, and testing procedures
About You:
- 8+ years of experience in aerospace testing or a related field with strong expertise in one or more technical areas
- Proven ability to independently troubleshoot complex issues and develop solutions
- Strong leadership abilities, including the capacity to guide and mentor others in both basic and complex tasks
- Ability to influence peers and elevate team performance by leading by example and sharing technical knowledge
- Solid understanding of materials, seals, and components used in testing processes, with the ability to explain the technical rationale behind their selection
- Comfortable managing multiple tasks and prioritizing work to meet deadlines, with a focus on maintaining high quality and minimizing errors
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience collaborating with engineering teams to develop and implement new hardware or processes
- 5-10 years of experience in aerospace testing or related field with strong expertise in one or more technical areas
- Background in training or mentoring team members in complex technical areas
- Previous involvement in setting project timelines and managing material and personnel requirements
- Familiarity with safety hazards in the testing environment and experience implementing safety controls
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].
Please note: Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.
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