Relativity Space
Staff Integration and Test Responsible Engineer
$164K–$246K
Long Beach, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in test engineering.
- Education
- Degree in computer, electrical, aerospace, or a related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Build and own an automated hardware-in-the-loop test capability for a Mars science spacecraft, then lead spacecraft integration and testing through launch.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain the HITL environment, including racks, avionics, harnesses, breakout hardware, and test equipment.
- Develop simulation, data acquisition, software test automation, and CI/regression systems to validate spacecraft hardware and software.
- Debug integrated failures, establish test visibility and procedures, and coordinate final flight-hardware integration and testing.
What they ask for
- Degree in computer, electrical, aerospace, or a related engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 7+ years of test engineering experience, including architecting automated test frameworks for integrated hardware, firmware, and software systems.
- Strong, current software skills for test automation, tooling, and validation pipelines; track record building test automation and CI/regression infrastructure from the ground up.
- Hands-on hardware and embedded systems experience, including bench troubleshooting and familiarity with Ethernet, UART, and SPI.
Nice to have
- Experience establishing a test bench, HITL/SIL/HIL environment, lab automation capability, or integrated test platform from scratch.
- Experience with high-reliability hardware or hands-on harnessing, cable fabrication, breakout boards, rack wiring, or test equipment setup.
Pay
$164,000 — $246,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
HITL, CI, Ethernet, UART, SPI, SIL/HIL
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