Vehicle Integration & Test Engineering Intern

Relativity Space Internships • Long Beach, CA

115d • $32 - $40

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

• Actively pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in aerospace, mechanical, manufacturing engineering, or related field
• Demonstrated hands-on experience through labs, projects, internships, or extracurricular hardware teams (e.g., rockets, robotics, Formula SAE)
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across engineering, manufacturing, and production teams
• Curious and self-motivated, with a track record of taking initiative and driving tasks forward
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift quickly

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting hardware integration or test efforts in a lab, internship, or team setting
• Familiarity with aerospace subsystems such as structures, high-pressure fluids, or avionics
• Exposure to authoring or following test procedures, instrumentation setup, or basic troubleshooting
• Background in process improvement or documentation for manufacturing or test environments

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the integration and testing of rocket subassemblies by supporting build sequencing, test planning, and documentation under the guidance of experienced engineers
• Assist with the development of mBOMs, work orders, and build flows to enable efficient and repeatable product integration
• Partner with engineers and technicians to resolve integration challenges and ensure high-quality hardware delivery
• Support the establishment of processes, tools, and documentation that will scale with production, including ERP, MES, and QMS systems
• Gain exposure to a wide range of subsystems (structures, fluids, avionics) while working hands-on with hardware in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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