Director, Hardware Engineering

10+ years of experience developing electrical and mechanical hardware for mission-critical applications in harsh environments such as aviation, space, or robotics

7+ years of experience leading engineering teams

Experience leading and developing engineering leaders

Familiarity with driving hardware development through the full product lifecycle including design, manufacturing, test, and operations

Experience with electrical CAD tools such as Altium and mechanical CAD tools such as NX

Experience with embedded software development

$245,000

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$367,000 USD

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As the Director of Avionics Hardware Development, you will lead the ground-up development of cutting edge electronics and mechanical hardware for Relativity’s newest launch vehicle, Terran R.

You will lead a team of engineers and managers pushing the limits of new technologies supporting of a highly reliable system that must survive the harsh environments of spaceflight.

You will lead the teams designing and developing the full set of avionics hardware including:

Electronics Hardware: PCBA design including power electronics, digital electronics, mixed signal electronics, and RF design

Mechanical Hardware: enclosures, trays, isolators, brackets, and thermal management systems

Integration: harnessing, vehicle-level packaging, system bring-up

The Avionics team is responsible for the full lifecycle of Terran R’s nervous system, designing, building, testing, installing, and operating the hardware that connects and controls every major electrical system on the vehicle and ground. The team leverages close partnership between avionics design, manufacturing, and test to enable rapid iteration and feedback loops. Engineers are deeply embedded into other functions within Relativity, working closely with propulsion, GNC, fluids, and stage engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and operation. Now is a unique time to join: you’ll get to help shape Terran R's fundamental avionics architecture and be given a high degree of ownership on components that will fly.