Data & Control Systems Engineer II

Relativity Space • Long Beach, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Data & Control Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for design, integration, checkout, and operation of data systems at our Long Beach facilities. The projects you work on will run test systems across the factory ranging from quick and scrappy development test setups to large permanent infrastructure. You will be required to be hands on with the hardware, working side-by-side with our technician team to build and debug your projects. Once your hardware is built, you will also work closely with our operations and software teams to integrate it with our in-house data and controls platform - including writing and debugging automation to control real hardware. You will be responsible for the hardware from design, build, activation, and ongoing operations. A significant amount of your time will be spent away from your desk, supporting the install and troubleshooting of systems on our various test stands.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field
• Understanding of how sensors work and their limitations
• Ability to design electrical control cabinets, wiring harnesses, and select instrumentation
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate requirements, perform design trades, and communicate effectively with upper management
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and success in delivering complex product with multiple stakeholders
• No previous aerospace experience is required

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with specifying, selecting, and integrating sensors and actuators such as pressure transducers, RTDs, strain gages, thermocouples, solenoid valves, accelerometers, microphones, etc
• Familiar with scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB for preforming analysis or writing automation tools
• Familiarity with engineering fundamentals for structural and fluid systems
• Familiar with communications methods such as, but not limited to, SPI, Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, and Modbus

Responsibilities

• Setup and checkout test stands for operations – ranging from testing critical valves that will be used to run the Aeon R engine, to putting Terran R through its paces during a full stage structural test, and everything in-between
• Working to understand the needs of a new test campaign, then getting a data acquisition and controls systems setup, configured, checked, and ready to test – collecting the right data, at the right time, with the right context
• Selection, integration, and configuration of instrumentation on a test stand
• Design data acquisition and control systems for various test stands, including panel layouts, power and load analysis, fabrication drawings, and instrumentation lists
• Solving a wide range of technical challenges, across broad ranges of timeframe, complexity, cost, and long-term impact

Benefits

• Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees