Relativity Space
Lead Engineer, Avionics Battery Test
$151K–$227K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years leading test engineering teams; extensive battery testing, validation, or energetics experience required, with no specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, or related field).
About the job
Build and lead Relativity Space’s high-voltage battery test capability, including test programs, lab infrastructure, safety standards, team development, and analysis of pack- and cell-level results.
What you'll do
- Define battery test strategy and establish lab infrastructure, safety procedures, and standards.
- Oversee high-voltage battery bring-up, pack- and cell-level testing, and failure analysis.
- Hire, lead, and develop test engineers and cell-science specialists; deliver test data and feedback to design teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, or related field).
- Extensive hands-on experience in battery testing, validation, or energetics evaluation; knowledge of battery physics, safety behavior, failure modes, and high-voltage fundamentals.
- Experience defining and executing performance, durability, abuse, and destructive test programs, with hands-on battery test equipment and high-voltage test setup experience.
- 3+ years leading test engineering teams; strong safety mindset and experience overseeing high-energy test operations.
Pay
$151,000 — $227,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
battery test equipment, cyclers, chambers, DAQ systems, instrumentation hardware
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