At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Senior Multidisciplinary Analysis and Simulation Engineer
Long Beach, California, United States · On-site
$148k–$204k/yr
Mid level$1.4B raised
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Multidisciplinary Analysis, Simulation, Trajectory Design, Python, Julia
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Engineer II
Long Beach, California, United States · On-site
$126k–$173k/yr
Mid level$1.4B raised
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Jira Administration, Confluence Administration, Business Process Analysis, Solution Design, Governance
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Workday HCM, Workday Studio, System APIs, Core Connectors, EIBs
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Full Stack Development, Backend Infrastructure, API Design, Frontend Development, Data Visualization
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Linux Systems Administration, Windows Systems Administration, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Siemens NX, Teamcenter PLM, Active Workspace Client, NX-CAM, Simcenter 3D
Staff Radar Responsible Engineer, Mars Orbiter UHF Sounder
Long Beach, California, United States · On-site
$175k–$263k/yr
Senior+$1.4B raised
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Electrical Hardware Development, Radar System Performance Budgeting, Software Defined Radios, Signal Processing, FPGA Implementation
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Linux Systems Administration, Windows Systems Administration, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Robotics Control Systems, EtherCAT, TwinCAT, TwinSAFE, Kuka Robot Systems
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s ju…
Skills: Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, Workday Web Services, REST API
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$148k–$204k/yr
Full-time
bachelor degree, postgraduate degree
Competitive Salary, Equity, Generous PTO, Sick Leave Policy, Parental Leave, Annual Learning And Development Stipend
Posted 8d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Collaborate with design teams to integrate data into full mission simulations and optimize launch and orbital trajectories. Lead interdisciplinary trade analyses and maintain high-level vehicle and trajectory design requirements.
Requirements
Requires a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics with 2+ years of experience in rocketry or complex hardware systems. Proficiency in high-level programming languages like Python, Julia, or MATLAB is essential.
Full job description
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Integrated Performance team owns the holistic view of how Terran R comes together, ensuring that every system on the vehicle and ground is capable of achieving our ambitious objectives. The team works across the full launch system, from trajectory design and aerodynamics to reliability analysis and beyond, with direct influence on all parts of the product lifecycle, from conceptual design to post-flight data review. Beyond analysis, team members engage hands-on with hardware and operations, with the mission and authority to drive meaningful programmatic change. With a unique organizational structure, the integrated performance team spans multiple technical domains and embeds directly with partner teams to solve the hardest multi-disciplinary problems. The team operates with a rare scale: large enough to support complex development, yet small enough that individual contributors have meaningful impact.
About the Role:
Closely collaborate with key design teams to integrate the latest design data into full simulations of customer missions
Develop and leverage software tooling to optimize launch and orbital trajectories across key customer missions
Lead interdisciplinary design trade analyses to inform critical decisions about the vehicle, mission trajectories, and ConOps
Define and maintain high-level vehicle and trajectory design requirements to inform the overall design process
Implement, maintain, and improve software tooling across a variety of languages, from core simulation capabilities to peripheral analysis utilities
Establish and lead cross-functional collaboration with key teams across Vehicle Engineering
About You:
An undergraduate or graduate degree (BS/MS/PhD) in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field
2+ years of relevant full-time work experience with demonstrated ability to solve complex problems from first principles
Direct experience on rocketry, space systems, or equally complex hardware systems
Strong proficiency in high-level programming languages (e.g. Python, Julia, MATLAB) and setting up complex simulation processes
Ability to complete projects with end-to-end ownership and a high degree of independence
Comfortable working in a fast-paced and intense startup environment
Nice to haves but not required:
Familiarity with launch vehicle trajectory design and optimization
Have previously been a leading contributor on complex multi-disciplinary engineering analysis projects
Prior work in a startup environment
Experience working with advanced software development practices such as Docker, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), and dependency management
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
Hiring Range:
$148,000—$222,000 USD
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
Relativity Space is on a mission to make access to space more reliable and routine. Our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, Terran R, will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Offices: Long Beach, CA 90809, US · NASA Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, US · Seattle , US · Cape Canaveral, Florida, US · D.C., Washington D.C., US
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