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Salary: USD 154,000 - 230,000 / annual
Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting growing demand for launch capacity. The company operates at the intersection of propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, and corporate functions, with a culture emphasizing autonomy, ownership, and impact at every level.
The Launch team operates at Cape Canaveral, the only place where all major aspects of Terran R come together—from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. This role offers exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program, from first flights to reuse, high-cadence operations, and beyond.
As Staff High Power Engineer, you will define electrical system architecture, technical requirements, and design approaches for complex launch and processing facilities, providing technical leadership across multiple projects and development phases. Key responsibilities include:
• Lead the design and integration of electrical systems ranging from 22.5 kV to 120 V, including power generation, distribution, protection, controls, sequencing, redundancy, and mission-critical infrastructure.
• Establish electrical engineering standards, design practices, and technical criteria that improve system reliability, maintainability, safety, and scalability across current and future launch facilities.
• Resolve complex, cross-disciplinary engineering challenges involving electrical infrastructure, launch systems, construction, operations, and vehicle interfaces, using engineering first principles to guide high-impact technical decisions.
• Provide technical oversight for major equipment selections, design reviews, construction packages, subcontractor deliverables, installation, commissioning, and system acceptance while identifying and mitigating technical and program risks.
• Serve as a technical resource for engineers and cross-functional teams by reviewing critical designs, developing technical talent, and partnering with engineering and program leadership to shape long-term facility and infrastructure strategy.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field and 8+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
• Experience establishing electrical system architecture and independently leading complex engineering efforts involving power generation, distribution, protection, controls, or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Experience applying engineering first principles to resolve technically ambiguous or high-impact problems spanning multiple systems, disciplines, or project phases.
• Experience providing technical leadership across the full project lifecycle, including requirements development, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, troubleshooting, and operations.
• Experience developing or influencing engineering standards, design practices, technical specifications, or architecture decisions used across multiple projects or teams.
• Experience communicating complex technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering teams, contractors, operations partners, and senior stakeholders.
NICE TO HAVES:
• Experience developing electrical architecture or technical standards for orbital launch, aerospace, utility, industrial, or other mission-critical facilities.
• Experience designing and commissioning medium- to high-power electrical systems involving redundancy, protection coordination, power quality, or high-availability operations.
• Experience applying NFPA, military, NASA, or similar regulatory and technical requirements to complex electrical infrastructure.
• Experience providing technical mentorship or design leadership to engineers working across multiple electrical projects or systems.
Note: Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
