Relativity Space
Moonshot Engineer
$144K–$307K
Long Beach, California +1 · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2025
- Location
- Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years in design and delivery of complex systems or products.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Own and advance space-related moonshot projects from ambiguous concepts through analysis, prototyping, testing, and product design and production.
What you'll do
- Lead several moonshots from initial idea through prototype validation and scaling product realization.
- Contribute engineering work to other projects, including technology exploration, analysis, part design, prototype building, and testing.
- Provide technical leadership and coordinate design, testing, vendors, purchase orders, and contributions from lab members.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in design and delivery of complex systems or products.
- Track record of leading technical projects and navigating ambiguity, including organizing people and managing timelines and expectations.
- Deep technical expertise in one core discipline and hands-on hardware and/or software design, build, and test experience for prototyping.
Nice to have
- Track record of delivering tangible hardware or products in open-ended or ambiguous environments.
- Experience at early-phase hardware and software technology exploration or innovation labs.
Pay
$144,000 — $307,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
CAD, EE/PCB, harnessing, embedded SW, python, test hardware
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