# Spacecraft Responsible Engineer

Hiring organization: [Relativity Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/relativity-space)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2c3a082f-907f-49a2-a4c3-e58d4dc601c5

Listed on Relativity Space's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Staff
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 164000 – 246000 USD per year

## Summary

This Staff-level systems engineering role owns the end-to-end definition and delivery of spacecraft buses for interplanetary science missions, managing requirements, interfaces, and performance budgets across power, thermal, communications, and other subsystems. It suits experienced spacecraft engineers comfortable with vendor management, cross-functional leadership, and the blend of technical rigor and programmatic oversight that comes with mission-critical hardware development.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

Systems Engineering, Thermal Management

## Required

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical discipline
- 7+ years of spacecraft or satellite systems engineering, integration, or mission design experience
- Ability to manage complex systems with multiple vendors and customers
- Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystems and their interdependencies
- Experience leading cross-functional teams through integration, test, launch campaigns, or mission operations
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills across technical and programmatic boundaries

## Nice to have

- End-to-end mission development experience including payload-to-spacecraft integration
- Familiarity with NASA or commercial spacecraft systems engineering processes in a New-Space manner
- Experience supporting launch and early operations of spacecraft missions
- Prior work with deep-space or interplanetary spacecraft systems

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8687392002?gh_jid=8687392002