Instrumentation and Controls Engineer II, Launch Operations

Relativity Space • Cape Canaveral, FL

88d • $112,000 - $143,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or another related STEM discipline.
• Demonstrated experience with data acquisition hardware, PLC-based control systems, complex camera systems, and instrumentation selection and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience interfacing with and setting up VFDs, soft starts, and heater controllers.
• Proven ability to work with multidisciplinary groups in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the design and operation of spacecraft and launch vehicle infrastructure.
• Experience working at a rocket launch site.
• Proficiency with electrical schematic design software such as AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, or Zuken E3.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, integrate, and operate launch control and acquisition hardware, instrumentation, and cameras used to support and control the Terran R rocket.
• Work with Beckhoff PLCs or similar systems.
• Support high-speed data acquisition.
• Work with instrumentation including pressure, temperature, flow, level, accelerometers, solenoid valves, VFDs, and heaters.
• Integrate and operate IP, SDI, and CoaXPress high-speed cameras.
• Design electrical systems for use in hazardous areas.
• Collaborate with other groups to gather requirements, plan schedules, and coordinate work.
• Plan, install, and operate wiring and hardware in access-limited areas such as launch mounts and transport erectors.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees