Relativity Space
Senior Avionics Test Engineer, RF and Navigation
$148K–$222K
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Undergraduate or graduate degree (BS/MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Designs and executes testing strategies, equipment, and infrastructure for Terran R RF, telemetry, and navigation avionics systems.
What you'll do
- Develop qualification and acceptance test frameworks and infrastructure for RF, telemetry, and navigation components.
- Design test equipment and derive test methods and verification strategies with hardware and software engineers.
- Create test plans and procedures, and integrate and operate test racks for avionics functional testing.
What they ask for
- Degree (BS/MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience with RF, navigation, avionics, electronics design, simulation, or test.
- Experience with electronics test equipment such as power supplies, DMMs, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and electronic loads.
- Experience with RF and/or navigation test equipment, and familiarity with testing and characterization of GPS/GNSS receivers, IMUs, inertial sensors, or other navigation avionics.
Nice to have
- Experience testing or characterizing active RF electronics, GPS/GNSS systems, IMUs, or inertial sensors.
- Experience designing or integrating avionics test systems; familiarity with Python or MATLAB for test data and automation.
Pay
$148,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
GPS/GNSS, IMUs, DMMs, oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, SDRs, Python
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