Moonshot Engineer

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:

Dark Matter Lab is a high-autonomy innovation lab built for rapid experimentation deep-tech prototyping and bold moonshot thinking. Were a small team of hands-on builders exploring the edges of whats possible turning raw ideas into world-changing technologies that could reshape the future of aerospace and beyond.

Here there are no roadmaps handed down only frontiers to navigate. We operate with speed embrace ambiguity and value learning through building. Whether were developing new hardware prototyping full-stack systems or pursuing ideas with breakthrough potential our work lives at the edge of whats next. Youll be part of a small multidisciplinary team empowered to define your own projects move fast and bring ideas to life. Ideas that one day may advance space systems autonomous factories or entirely new industries.

Dark Matter Lab lives within Relativity Space a company building the next-generation commercial rocket. By incubating bold ideas and exploring novel applications of Relativitys core capabilities Dark Matter Lab aims to create high-impact programs with long-term value for Relativity the aerospace industry and society at large.

If youre driven by curiosity motivated by impact and excited to work where the rules havent been written yet Dark Matter Lab is where you belong.

About the Role:

As part of the 10-person founding team of Dark Matter Labs youll be empowered to identify explore analyze prototype and realize world-changing ideas in space. This role will allow you to bring your own passions for space as well as explore find and prove out new moonshots on the cutting edge of science and engineering.

Moonshot Engineers will be wearing many different hats from technical leadership detailed design & analysis prototype build & testing vendor management & POs and other responsibilities necessary to make moonshots a reality.

This role will be expected to take ownership of a handful of moonshots and drive them all the way from an ambiguous What if... idea organizing contributions from other lab members proving the idea via prototype testing and finally realizing the idea through design and production of a scaling product. Likewise this role will also be contributing directly to a number of other moonshots through technology exploration detailed analysis part design prototype build or testing and other engineering efforts.

About You:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Physics Mathematics or a related field.
• 7 years of experience in design and delivery of complex systems or products
• Passionate self-starter with a track record of charting a path through ambiguity leading technical projects organizing efforts & people and managing timelines and expectations
• Deep technical expertise in one core discipline (i.e. Mechanical Electrical Software etc.) but familiar & comfortable with a multitude of other disciplines
• Great communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with many different other mindsets and perspectives and willingness to challenge and be challenged
• Hands-on design build and test experience with hardware and/or software required for prototyping familiar with or willing to learn CAD EE/PCB harnessing embedded SW python test hardware etc...

Nice to have but not required:

• Proven track record of delivering tangible hardware or product in highly open ended or ambiguous environments or product spaces
• Prior experience at hardware & software early phase technology exploration or innovation labs (i.e. GoogleX Skunkworks etc..)

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.

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