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$130,000 – $194,000
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
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. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
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