Senior Launch Operations Engineer (Integration)

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.

About the Team: 

The Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape is the only place where you see it all come together, offering a level of exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program. This is where first flights happen, where history is built on top of history, and where the scale of what's underway is unlike anything in modern aerospace. The mission stays the same, but the work evolves with every milestone: from first launch to reuse, high-cadence operations, and beyond. If you're looking to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook, not just repeat what’s already been done, this is where it happens.

About the Role: 

• Oversee vehicle processing and checkout activities at the launch site, managing operations from receiving through launch execution. Ensure product quality and readiness across subassemblies and integrated systems.
• Develop and publish detailed build flows, work instructions, and test procedures that support high-quality, repeatable execution for both initial builds and scaling programs.
• Support early-stage hardware builds in a dynamic environment, emphasizing quality and repeatability while creating scalable processes for increased production rates.
• Provide on-the-floor support during build and test operations. Resolve issues in real time, incorporate team feedback, and drive continuous improvement in process discipline and hardware flow.
• Collaborate with teams across design, supply chain, production, and testing to coordinate part readiness, tooling availability, and schedule alignment, ensuring efficient stage-to-stage transitions.
• Contribute to long-term manufacturing systems and infrastructure planning, including tooling strategies, ERP/MES workflows, and documentation standards.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field, and 5+ years of experience working with hardware in a manufacturing or integration setting.
• Demonstrated experience investigating and resolving hardware issues, implementing root cause analysis, and ensuring corrective actions are executed effectively.
• Familiarity with general assembly and test procedures (e.g., structural proof testing, leak checks on pressurized systems).
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams to maintain hardware quality and meet schedules.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with experience implementing new processes and tools to support production and test operations.
• Proficiency in CAD and working knowledge of design/test analysis.
• Experience with one or more of the following areas is preferred: ordnance operations, pressurized checkout operations, sensor checkouts, crane operations, subassembly builds.
• Willingness to perform additional responsibilities in support of launch operations as assigned.

Nice to haves, but not required: 

• Experience with new aerospace product introductions or transitioning hardware