Senior Embedded Engineer, Relativity Space

AFSS

$165-211k

+ Equity

Linux
C++
C
Mid and Senior level
Los Angeles

Office located in Long Beach, CA

Relativity Space

Aerospace manufacturer of 3D printed rockets

Be an early applicant

Relativity Space

Aerospace manufacturer of 3D printed rockets

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDeep TechAerospace

Be an early applicant

$165-211k

+ Equity

Linux
C++
C
Mid and Senior level
Los Angeles

Office located in Long Beach, CA

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDeep TechAerospace

Company mission

To upgrade humanity’s industrial base on Earth and on Mars.

Role

Who you are

  • Bachelor’s in computer science or related technical field and 3+ years relevant experience in software development
  • Proficient in C/C++
  • Experience with software development processes including source control, bug tracking, and design documentation
  • Experience capturing, decomposing and deriving formal software requirements from system level requirements
  • Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams

Desirable

  • Master’s in Computer Science or related technical field and 5+ years of experience in software development
  • Experience with verification and validation of safety critical software
  • Prior work on a launch vehicle
  • Experience in software safety standards, such as RCC-319, DO-178, ISO 26262 or exposure to MISRA C/C++
  • Experience with Embedded Linux, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, and writing device drivers for embedded focused operating systems

What the job involves

  • The Vehicle Software team is responsible for the software on all Avionics boxes on the vehicle
  • This spans the operating system image, the applications running on those boxes, and software configuration and deployment
  • We are also responsible for the test infrastructure required to validate the software, such as the HITL and HOOTL test environments
  • Finally, our team supports rocket manufacturing and system test efforts starting with Avionics box testing, engine testing, stage integration and checkouts, stage qualification/hot fires, and concluding with stacked vehicle testing and launch
  • Write concise documentation such as Concept of Operations, Interface Control Documents, and Software Design Documents
  • Work closely with internal Software and Hardware certification teams as well as external regulators and IV&V contractors to consistently deliver flight safety software and test artifacts for review. Take extreme ownership in ensuring Relativity’s AFSS gets certified in time for first flight
  • Develop safety critical software for AFSS including bootloaders, command and telemetry services, device drivers, software state machines, and handling of flight termination events
  • Integrate best practices, tools, and lessons-learned between safety and non-safety critical embedded software teams, ensuring both teams are able to support vehicle software projects throughout the Terran R development lifecycle

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Insights

Top investors

9% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Additional stipend for employee wellness
  • 401(k)
  • Equity
  • 11 company holidays & generous PTO
  • Monthly lunches, game nights, holiday celebrations, and offsite events
  • Generous parental leave and provide a $10,000 stipend for fertility, adoption, and other family-building benefits
  • $2,000 annual learning stipend
  • Constant training opportunities, company Lunch and Learns, and access to industry conferences

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Nov 2023

$20m

SERIES F

Jun 2021

$650m

SERIES E

Total funding: $1.4bn

Our take

Relativity Space has set out to build humanity’s multiplanetary future with its innovative 3D printed rockets. The company is at the forefront of software-defined manufacturing, combining 3D printing, AI, and autonomous robotics to create the “factory of the future.” By utilizing 3D printing, Relativity has simplified its supply chain, building rockets in less than 60 days that require 100x fewer parts.

The company has completed its flagship Terran 1 rocket and has begun its initial round of test flights. While the first launches technically failed, as the rocket failed to reach orbit, the attempt is still classified as a resounding success as the rocket managed the highest stress state inflicted on the rocket, Max-Q. The company is set to test the Terran 1 rocket again, before moving on to its Terran R rocket. While the company faces competition against SpaceX, Relativity Space’s cheaper and accelerated building process is well set to be a fierce competitor.

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