Drimva

Relativity Space

Lead, Data & Control Systems Engineering

$128K–$192K

Long Beach, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 11, 2025

Location
Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California, United States
Experience
5+ years; no previous aerospace experience is required.

About the job

Leads the hardware team responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining data and control systems for factory test infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Lead and maintain the DACS hardware group, including technical direction and resource allocation.
  • Design, build, and operate testing assets; coordinate with software and partner electrical teams.
  • Mentor team members and support engineering team growth and development.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of experience developing, activating, and troubleshooting electrical and software systems.
  • Fundamental understanding of low voltage, DC electronics.
  • Familiarity with data and control systems (SCADA, PLC’s, NI, Beckhoff, etc.).
  • Ability to make decisions and build consensus with incomplete information, and identify and mitigate risks in complex systems.

Nice to have

  • Experience in a time-critical operations environment or writing software in systems programming languages.
  • Knowledge of sensing systems or camera-based sensing technologies.

Pay

$128,000 — $192,000 USD base salary

Tools

SCADA, PLC’s, NI, Beckhoff, Digital Image Correlation, Motion Amplification

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)