Senior Avionics Ground Support Equipment Engineer
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<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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 </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the Team: </span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Avionics team is responsible for the full lifecycle of Terran R’s nervous system, designing, building, testing, installing, and operating the hardware that connects and controls every major electrical system on the vehicle and ground. The team leverages close partnership between avionics design, manufacturing, and test to enable rapid iteration and feedback loops. Engineers are deeply embedded into other functions within Relativity, working closely with propulsion, GNC, fluids, and stage engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and operation. Now is a unique time to join: you’ll get to help shape Terran R's fundamental avionics architecture and be given a high degree of ownership on components that will fly.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About the Role:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">We are seeking a Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Engineer with strong experience in designing, building, and deploying Ground Support Equipment (GSE) racks and related systems that interface directly with flight hardware. In this role, you'll lead the development of robust electrical and mechanical systems that support vehicle test, integration, and launch in challenging environments. You’ll work cross-functionally with avionics, propulsion, structures, test, and software teams to ensure our EGSE is reliable, flexible, and safe. This position is ideal for someone who thrives on high ownership, fast iteration, and seeing their systems go from concept to launchpad.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">As an Avionics Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Engineer, you will:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Design, develop, integrate, and build of critical ground systems that support engine test, vehicle integration, and test and launch operations</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Collaborate cross-functionally with propulsion, avionics, software, test, and operations teams to deliver robust, scalable systems on tight timelines</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Oversee fabrication, bring-up, and validation of EGSE systems, including electrical testing, calibration, and functional checks</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Author interface control documents (ICDs) and engineering release drawings to ensure tight alignment between EGSE and flight/avionics hardware</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Work closely with safety, operations, and launch teams to ensure systems are compliant and operable under high-stakes conditions</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Mentor junior engineers and establish best practices in GSE development and documentation</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About You:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, or related field</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">5+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying EGSE or electrical integration systems in aerospace or high-reliability environments</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; fo
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