Senior Electrical Engineer
Relativity Space · Long Beach, California, United States
Posted 14 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days Relativity Space's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of Relativity Space's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Relativity Space
- low 0 stale, 2 reposted of 350 open
- Hiring momentum
- 498 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Relativity Space's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Relativity Space.
About this role
As a Senior Electrical Engineer at Relativity Space, you will be responsible for designing, building, and qualifying high-performance spacecraft electronics, including compute modules and communications terminals. You will work closely with both the science and software teams to ensure the systems operate effectively in various environments, leading hands-on development campaigns to validate performance and integrate concepts into hardware. This role emphasizes autonomy and accountability in a fast-paced, iterative environment focused on deep space exploration.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Relativity Space as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field or equivalent experience
- 5+ years designing and delivering high performance digital electronics
- Proven experience leading design, bringup, and validation of sophisticated board level electronics
- Hands-on work with challenging thermal and electromechanical environments
- Excellent technical communication, problem-solving, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills
Nice to have
- Direct architecture or EE design experience with non-volatile storage, mobile compute, and/or server class computing
- Experience designing power supplies for digital electronics, such as multi rail converters with strict sequencing requirements
- Experience with compute and storage survivability in space and radiation environments
- Strong grasp of practical systems integration and risk management in a development program
What you get
- Competitive salary and equity
- Generous PTO and sick leave policy
- Parental leave
- Annual learning and development stipend
Worth weighing
- No specific technologies or tools mentioned, which may affect clarity on the tech stack
- High autonomy and responsibility may not suit everyone
- Fast-paced environment may require adaptability to rapid changes
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Listed by Relativity Space on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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