# Senior Hardware Engineer, Navigation

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/55c29df4-04dd-4fc8-80a3-7d642a826c8a

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

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 148000 – 222000 USD per year

## Summary

This role owns the development and integration of navigation systems for a rocket's avionics, working across propulsion, guidance, and other teams to ensure the vehicle can land and be recovered. You'll need deep expertise in GNSS receivers and inertial sensors in extreme environments, with a track record shipping mission-critical electronics.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

Automotive Ethernet, PCB Design

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of electronics experience in harsh environments and mission-critical applications like launch vehicles, spacecraft, aircraft or robotics
- In-depth GNSS knowledge including PVT calculation, satellite tracking, and error sources
- Solid understanding of IMU principles, error characteristics, and sensor integration
- Hardware bring-up, validation, debugging and data analysis experience
- Cross-functional collaboration experience with GNC, mechanical, electrical and software teams

## Nice to have

- Deep understanding of navigation principles and mixed-signal PCBA design
- Aerospace, automotive, defense or similar industry experience with precision navigation
- Experience fusing data from multiple navigation sensors like GPS, IMU, magnetometers, altimeters and LiDAR
- High-speed serial interface experience (SPI, PCIe, Ethernet) and memory interfaces
- SoC, microcontroller and microprocessor design experience

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8614998002?gh_jid=8614998002