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$154,000 – $230,000
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
Relativity Space seeks a senior software engineer to lead the development of safety-critical flight control systems for their Terran R rocket, working across GNC integration, telemetry, and testing infrastructure. This role suits experienced systems programmers who want to architect real-time software for extreme conditions and mentor a growing team.
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering
- 5+ years of production software development experience
- Production-level and high-reliability software delivery
- Expert proficiency in Rust, C++, or other systems languages
- Strong algorithms and data structures knowledge
- Expert-level Linux OS knowledge including memory management, CPU shielding, and scheduling
- Expert networking knowledge including TCP/IP and UDP
- Experience with source control, bug tracking, and CI/CD
Nice to have
- Systems-level programming experience with synchronization primitives and memory management
- Experience with different inter-process communication methods
- Experience with message passing protocols like flatbuffer or protobuf