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Salary: USD 154,000 - 230,000 / annual
Relativity Space is building Terran R, a reusable orbital launch vehicle designed to deliver customer payloads to orbit. The company operates at the intersection of advanced manufacturing (3D printing), aerospace engineering, and commercial space launch.
The Launch team operates at Cape Canaveral, where all major systems—stages, payloads, ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment—come together. This role sits at the center of that integration, offering exposure and responsibility across the full program lifecycle.
As Staff Power Systems Engineer, you will define electrical system architecture and technical requirements for complex launch and processing facilities, providing technical leadership across multiple projects and development phases. Key responsibilities include:
• Design and integrate 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.
• 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.
You will work on problems that haven't been solved before, collaborating across teams to shape decisions and see your work come to life in record time. This is an opportunity to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook, not just repeat what's already been done.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field
• 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
• Must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at Cape Canaveral
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
