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$175,000 – $263,000
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
You'll lead the design, development, and qualification of a radar sounder instrument for a Mars orbiter mission, managing everything from concept through on-orbit commissioning. This role combines hands-on engineering work with technical leadership, collaborating closely with scientists to build a flight-ready system that measures subsurface properties on Mars.
Our summary, not Relativity Space’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
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What they ask for
Required
- 7+ years of electrical hardware development experience
- Radar system performance budget development and management
- Radar return analysis and performance modeling
- Radio or radar transceiver implementation as software-defined radio
- Field, flight, or spaceflight testing experience with radio or radar transceivers
- Deep expertise in signal processing chains, mixed-signal/digital PCB design, RF circuits, or antenna design
Nice to have
- Microwave radiometry or radiometer instrument design experience
- Familiarity with planetary or terrestrial radars like SHARAD, MARSIS, or RIMFAX
- AMD/Xilinx RFSoC or Zynq UltraScale+ hands-on experience
- Spectrum licensing and frequency coordination for space systems
- Polarimetric radar and full-polarimetry calibration experience
- RF payload experience through PDR/CDR, qualification, and spacecraft integration