Manager of Vehicle Software Infrastructure
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Job Location:
Long Beach, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 207000 - 233000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Relativity Space were building rockets to serve todays needs and tomorrows breakthroughs. OurTerran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit meeting the growing demand for launchcapacity. But thats just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock newopportunities to advance science exploration and innovation pioneering progress that reaches beyondthe known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy ownership and impact exist at every level. Here youre not just executing tasks; youre solving problems that havent been solved before helping develop a rocket a factory and a business from the ground up. Whether youre in propulsion manufacturing software avionics or a corporate function youll collaborate across teams shape decisions and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand and your voice will help define the stories were writing together. Nowis a unique moment in time where its early enough to leave your mark on the product the process andthe culture but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The mostmeaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Vehicle Software team develops the safety-critical software that runs on Terran R. The work spans a distributed real-time control system operating under extreme conditions like Mach 5 atmospheric flight with a deployment pace that allows you to see your code run on rocket engines daily. The team is building new system architecture from the ground up and just as importantly testing releasing and deploying it. You dont need an aerospace background: what matters is experience with high-reliability software for complex systems. This is a rare opportunity to shape the foundation of Terran Rs software stack while directly influencing performance reliability and flight success.
About the Role:
- Lead the design development and maintenance of mission-critical Linux-based software infrastructure for command telemetry simulation and test automation systems
- Build and evolve tools and systems that support test execution across multiple environments including virtualized hardware HIL/SIL setups and integrated vehicle-in-the-loop testing
- Drive system performance reliability and observability with an emphasis on optimizing Linux environments for real-time high-throughput data processing
- Guide technical direction and execution including architectural decisions sprint planning roadmap ownership and balancing near-term goals with long-term scalability
- Collaborate across engineering functions (e.g. avionics ground software flight software) to align on deliverables integration points and operational readiness
- Grow and support the team including mentoring engineers setting high standards for engineering excellence and leading hiring efforts to scale a high-performing team
About You:
- 3 years of professional experience in software engineering including systems or infrastructure-level development on Linux
- 1-2 years of technical leadership experience (e.g. Tech Lead Engineering Manager) with team execution responsibilities
- Demonstrated ability to lead architecture and delivery of real-time or performance-critical software systems
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD practices testing strategies and high-reliability software development
- Strong collaboration skills across hardware embedded software and systems engineering teams
- Proficiency in atleast one of Rust Python C
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience leading teams delivering mission-critical systems in aerospace robotics automotive or similar domains
- Proven ability to scale engineering teams including hiring mentoring and conducting performance reviews
- Deep experience debugging complex system issues and driving root cause analysis in test or production environments
- Familiarity with systems assurance concepts such as redundancy fault tolerance or formal verification
- Experience with real-time simulation or HIL/SIL test infrastructure integrated into CI/CD pipelines
- Track record of making technical decisions aligned with system safety and reliability goals
- Exposure to flight readiness verification or regulatory processes in tightly controlled engineering environments
At Relativity Space we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience qualifications and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity a generous PTO and sick leave policy parental leave an annual learning and development stipend and more!To see some of the benefits & perks we offer please visit here.
Hiring Range:
$207000 - $233000 USD
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.
If you need a reasonable accommodation please contact us at .
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- IT Experience
- Project Management Methodology
- Data Center Experience
- LAN
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Computer Networking
- Visio
- ITIL
- Project Management
- SAN
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
About Company
A rocket company at the core, Relativity Space is on a mission to become the next great commercial launch company.
