Staff Electrical Engineer

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

About The Position

As the Staff Electrical Engineer within the Interplanetary Sciences Program, you will own the next generation of deep space compute and storage capability by leveraging the latest terrestrial technologies and challenging the status quo of onboard compute and storage to other planets. You will be responsible for designing, building, and qualifying high performance spacecraft electronics within the span of compute modules, network switches, storage nodes, and communications terminals. You will be working closely with the science team to maximize capability by balancing the capability (CPU, GPU, storage capacity, network bandwidth) with the technical constraints of the flight spacecraft (power, thermal, EMI, mechanical, reliability, etc…). This role will also work closely in conjunction with the software team to bring up the core software infrastructure both on the spacecraft and on the ground side, and iterating with the software team to ensure the full system elements operate as intended in all environments. This role will be a high responsibility, high autonomy, and high accountability role within a fast-paced, iterative environment, where rapid prototyping, early testing, and continuous learning are key to success. You’ll lead hands-on development campaigns to evaluate key technologies, derisk interfaces, and validate performance before full system integration. You’ll also work across internal and external teams to turn concepts into hardware, balancing agility and rigor as you move quickly from analysis to prototypes to flight-ready systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
7+ years designing and delivering high performance digital electronics
Proven experience leading design, bringup, and validation of sophisticated board level electronics
Hands-on work with challenging thermal and electromechanical environments
Excellent technical communication, problem-solving, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

Direct architecture or EE design experience with non-volatile storage, mobile compute, and/or server class computing is a plus
Experience designing power supplies for digital electronics, such as multi rail converters with strict sequencing requirements
Experience with compute and storage survivability in space and radiation environments is a plus
Strong grasp of practical systems integration and risk management in a development program

Responsibilities

Designing, building, and qualifying high performance spacecraft electronics within the span of compute modules, network switches, storage nodes, and communications terminals.
Working closely with the science team to maximize capability by balancing the capability (CPU, GPU, storage capacity, network bandwidth) with the technical constraints of the flight spacecraft (power, thermal, EMI, mechanical, reliability, etc…)
Working closely in conjunction with the software team to bring up the core software infrastructure both on the spacecraft and on the ground side, and iterating with the software team to ensure the full system elements operate as intended in all environments.
Leading hands-on development campaigns to evaluate key technologies, derisk interfaces, and validate performance before full system integration.
Working across internal and external teams to turn concepts into hardware, balancing agility and rigor as you move quickly from analysis to prototypes to flight-ready systems.