relativity · Long Beach, California, United States · Long Beach, California, United States
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the Team: </span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As Director of Physical Security & Facility Security Officer (FSO), you will build and lead Relativity's enterprise security organization, protecting personnel, critical assets and data, and classified information across all facilities. This role uniquely combines strategic executive leadership with deep regulatory expertise and execution. You'll serve as our designated FSO while simultaneously architecting and scaling a world-class physical security program. You will establish the security infrastructure for all future expansion, define enterprise standards and policies, and build the systems and teams that enable secure operations at hypergrowth scale. This is a transformational leadership role that demands both strategic vision and operational excellence.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the Role: 25% travel to our other sites</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Serve as Relativity's designated Facility Security Officer (FSO) with active TS/SCI clearance, owning all facility clearance requirements, DD254 management, and serving as primary interface with DCSA and government security agencies for classified program compliance. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop and execute the enterprise physical security strategy aligned with NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117), ICD 705, and export control regulations, including multi-year roadmaps for program maturity, risk management, and scalability across all current and future facilities. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Build and lead the physical security organization including site security operations, security engineering/systems, investigations, front desk operations, and contracted guard force management, establishing clear roles, career pathways, and training programs for all security personnel. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Establish and maintain 24/7/365 security operations, including command structure, escalation protocols, incident response, investigations, and insider threat programs, ensuring physical protection of personnel, property, and controlled/classified information. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Drive regulatory compliance and audit readiness for NISPOM and classified program requirements, including personnel access controls, visitor management, foreign national protocols, classified information handling, and continuous preparation for DCSA and government security agencies. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Partner strategically with executive leadership, EHS, Cybersecurity, Legal, People, and Facilities to integrate security requirements into business operations, personnel actions, construction projects, and emergency response plans, while serving as primary security advisor to the company.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About You:</span></strong></span></p> <ul> <li st