Staff Spacecraft Responsible Engineer

1 hour, 53 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Project and Program Management
Relativity Space

Relativity Space

Relativity Space is a cutting-edge rocket company using 3D printing and AI to provide cost-effective reusable rockets for commercial launches, with a vision to advance industrial capabilities on Earth and Mars.

Aerospace & Defense
251-1K
Founded 2015
$1333M raised

Description

  • Own the end-to-end definition, integration, and delivery of the spacecraft bus and its interaction with mission payloads.
  • Serve as the technical and programmatic focal point for spacecraft-level requirements, interfaces, and performance budgets.
  • Define, track, and ensure compliance with power, mass, thermal, communications, and related system budgets throughout the mission lifecycle.
  • Collaborate across internal teams and with external spacecraft bus providers to drive mission success.
  • Support spacecraft design and procurement activities.
  • Lead integration, test, launch, and operations efforts for spacecraft missions.
  • Manage technical and programmatic decisions across vendor, team, and mission interfaces.
  • Help ensure spacecraft subsystem and mission-level issues are resolved through coordinated execution.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • 7+ years of experience in spacecraft or satellite systems engineering, integration, or mission design.
  • Proven ability to manage complex systems with multiple vendors and customers.
  • Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystems, including power, thermal, communications, ADCS, and propulsion, and how they interrelate.
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams through integration and test, launch campaigns, or mission operations.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills with the ability to work across technical and programmatic boundaries.
  • Experience with end-to-end mission development, including payload-to-spacecraft integration, is preferred.
  • Familiarity with NASA or commercial spacecraft systems engineering processes in an applied New-Space environment is a plus.
  • Experience supporting launch and early operations of spacecraft missions is preferred.
  • Prior work with deep-space or interplanetary spacecraft systems is a plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with equity.
  • Hiring range of $164,000 to $225,500 USD.
  • Generous PTO and sick leave policy.
  • Parental leave.
  • Annual learning and development stipend.
  • Additional benefits and perks available through Relativity Space’s total rewards program.
  • Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodation support.

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