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Senior Factory Test Operations Engineer

relativity · Long Beach, California, United States · Long Beach, California, United States
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<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></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the Team: </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Senior Factory Test Operations Engineer plans, executes, and documents complex test operations while supporting the safe and reliable performance of test systems. Responsibilities include:</span></p> <ul data-spread="false"> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop operational plans in collaboration with Vehicle Responsible Engineers and cross-functional engineering teams.</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 test plans, procedures, automation, and work instructions to support safe and repeatable test operations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with design engineering teams to identify and mitigate risks related to safety, efficiency, reliability, accessibility, and operability.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lead Test Readiness Reviews to assess operational preparedness and confirm readiness for testing.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Execute test operations using manual and computer-controlled systems, applying engineering principles and system knowledge to evaluate unexpected conditions and maintain safe operations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support post-test data processing, operational retrospectives, continuous improvement, test stand design feedback, and the development of team training and certification programs.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About You:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></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;">Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related technical field.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5+ years of experience operating complex equipment, planning complex operations, or performing comparable technical work.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and mitigate safety risks associated with equipment or test operations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience applying engineering fundamentals to troubleshoot electrical and fluid systems and evaluate operational issues.</span></li> <li style="font-size:

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