Sr Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer

Relativity Space • Long Beach, CA

84d • $133,000 - $170,500

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, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing, activating, and troubleshooting electrical and/or automated systems.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamental knowledge.
• Experience specifying, selecting, and integrating sensors and actuators such as pressure transducers, RTDs, strain gages, thermocouples, solenoid valves, accelerometers, microphones, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate risks in complex systems.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with data and control systems (SCADA, PLC’s, NI, Beckhoff, etc.)
• Familiar with scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB for performing analysis or writing automation tools.
• Comfortable using schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium.
• Familiar with communications methods such as SPI, Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, and Modbus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and integrate data systems at Long Beach facilities.
• Run test systems across the factory ranging from quick development test setups to large permanent infrastructure.
• Work hands-on with hardware, collaborating with the technician team to build and debug projects.
• Integrate hardware with in-house data and controls platform, including writing and debugging automation.

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
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees