Stage Development Engineer II, Vehicle Build

The role

This person will perform cross-functional vehicle development and design for operability for the Terran R vehicle. They will manage verification activities, drive systems through test campaigns, and collaborate across functions to design, build, test, fly, recover, and reuse the vehicle.

What you will do

• Balance technical, cost, and schedule constraints
• Own the scope of verification activities for Integration, test, and launch site checkouts
• Follow the vehicle through its life cycle to ensure consistency in quality and process
• Drive systems through qualification, acceptance, and hotfire test campaigns by writing/reviewing test objectives, test matrices, and test plans
• Enable manufacturing teams to scale by owning specific off-nominal work scope

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Technical aptitude and basic understanding of all functional disciplines (Mechanical, Fluids, and Avionics)

Nice to have

• Graduate degree in engineering or related field
• Experience with aerospace ERP systems and writing technical planning
• Proven experience in design, manufacturing, assembly, and testing of complex aerospace systems
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex technical problems into simple concepts for a broader audience
• Leadership or coordination experience in a multidisciplinary engineering project and demonstrated ability to lead by influence and collaborate with technical owners

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy
• Parental leave
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. They are developing the Terran R vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit.