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Relativity Space · 4 days ago

GNC Mission Design Engineer I

Long Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$119K/yr - $151K/yr

Relativity Space is building rockets to meet today's launch capacity needs and future breakthroughs. The GNC Mission Design Engineer I will support trajectory design and analysis for customer missions, develop software tools for optimizing trajectories, and lead design trade analyses to inform mission decisions.

3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Support trajectory design and analysis for customer missions throughout mission lifecycle, including conceptual design, flight safety analysis, and day of launch operations

Develop and leverage software tooling for optimizing launch and orbital trajectories

Lead interdisciplinary design trade analyses to inform key decisions about the vehicle, the mission trajectories, or the mission ConOps

Define and maintain high-level vehicle and trajectory design requirements to inform the overall design process

Qualification

Trajectory designFlight safety analysisSoftware developmentPythonMATLABJuliaPhysics backgroundOrbital mechanics backgroundAgile development experience

Required

Graduating in 2025 with undergraduate or graduate degree (BS/MS/PhD) in engineering or related discipline

Ability to work in a fast-paced and intense start-up environment

Ability to complete projects with ownership of end-to-end solutions with a high degree of independence

Experience with Python, MATLAB, Julia, or similar

Preferred

Prior experience working on GNC or trajectory design solutions in aerospace

Prior work in a startup or agile development environment

Strong physics and orbital mechanics background

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity

Generous PTO and sick leave policy

Parental leave

Annual learning and development stipend

Company

Relativity Space

Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets.

Founded in 2015

Long Beach, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://relativityspace.com

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$1.36B

Key Investors

FidelityTiger Global ManagementPlayground Global

2023-11-15Series F· $20M

2022-02-03Secondary Market

2021-06-08Series E· $650M

Leadership Team

Eric Schmidt

Chair and CEO

David Giger

VP of Engineering

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