# Manager, Environmental Test

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/85a972ff-ca52-4214-b0eb-0d60be716b20

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Mid
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 130000 – 194000 USD per year

## Summary

Lead the environmental test operations for rocket avionics hardware, managing vibration, thermal, and shock testing labs while building and mentoring a growing team of technicians. This role suits experienced operations leaders from aerospace or manufacturing who want hands-on impact scaling launch-critical testing from development through production.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical field
- 6+ years in environmental testing, manufacturing operations, or aerospace production
- Leadership or management experience
- Understanding of environmental testing operations for aerospace or avionics hardware
- Experience with qualification and acceptance testing for flight hardware
- Lab operations and production support background
- Cross-functional coordination in fast-paced environments
- Drive operational improvements and process standardization

## Nice to have

- Familiarity with aerospace environmental test standards (SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-1540, DO-160)
- Experience with production-rate environmental screening and acceptance testing of avionics
- Understanding of instrumentation, data acquisition systems, fixturing, and test setup development
- AS9100 quality systems and controlled test documentation experience
- Experience scaling environmental test capabilities for growing aerospace programs

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8564927002?gh_jid=8564927002