Relativity Space
Senior Flight Software Engineer
$154K–$230K
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 29, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of production development experience.
- Education
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant engineering discipline (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering).
About the job
Architects, builds, integrates, and tests safety-critical flight software for Relativity Space’s Terran R launch vehicle.
What you'll do
- Architect and deliver flight software meeting latency, jitter, and control-frequency requirements; integrate vehicle-control algorithms and sensor data.
- Develop telemetry systems and support testing infrastructure, including hardware-in-the-loop and simulation.
- Set engineering standards and processes, improve team velocity, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Relevant undergraduate or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of production development experience.
- Experience delivering production-level, high-reliability software; expertise in Rust, C++, and/or other system languages, algorithms, and data structures.
- Expertise in Linux OS concepts and networking (TCP/IP, UDP); experience with software development processes including source control, bug tracking, and CI/CD.
Nice to have
- Systems-level programming experience, including synchronization primitives or memory management; experience with inter-process communication methods.
- Experience with message-passing protocols such as flatbuffer or protobuf.
Pay
$154,000 — $230,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Rust, C++, Linux, TCP/IP, UDP, CI/CD, flatbuffer, protobuf
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