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Salary: USD 130,000 - 196,000 / annual
Relativity Space is building rockets and automated manufacturing systems to serve today's space launch needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, and the company is developing an integrated software platform to power factory automation, launch operations, and eventually manufacturing on Mars.
The Terrestrial Software team is responsible for building the digital backbone of this operation—enterprise applications, industrial automation, data analytics infrastructure, and AI systems that solve real problems across design, materials, manufacturing, test, and launch. You'll work on a unified operator UI platform that consolidates workflows across the entire rocket lifecycle.
In this role, you will:
- Contribute to the frontend platform for the operator UI, including the application shell, design system, and shared data layer used by multiple teams
- Implement frontend modules following established architecture and contribution patterns
- Support consolidation efforts by migrating features and components from separate frontends into the unified operator platform
- Work with real-time hardware telemetry, implementing UI components that render live data efficiently while meeting performance requirements
- Learn from senior engineers, participate in code reviews, and apply best practices to improve code quality and your frontend skills
This is a role for someone who thrives on cross-functional impact and wants to shape the software systems powering a space company at a critical growth moment—early enough to leave your mark on the product and culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and gaining momentum.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2+ years of experience building production web applications with deep TypeScript and React expertise
- Experience contributing to shared frontend codebases, component libraries, or design systems used by multiple teams
- Foundational frontend performance skills: ability to use profiling tools, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement basic optimizations
- Experience working with state management patterns and real-time data updates in React applications (e.g., Redux, Context API, WebSocket integrations)
- Ability to collaborate effectively with senior engineers, receive technical mentorship, and contribute to architectural discussions
NICE TO HAVES:
- Real-time data visualization/charting, industrial control, SCADA, or hardware-in-the-loop experience
- Familiarity with binary streaming protocols (WebSockets/protobuf) and offloading work to Web Workers
- Experience with monorepo build systems (Bazel) or embedding code editors (Monaco)
