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Senior Hardware Engineer, Navigation

Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · Senior

$148,000 – $222,000

Listed on Relativity Space’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

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.

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What they ask for

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

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