Senior Launch Integration Technician
About the job
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.
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 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. ## About the Team The Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape is the only place where you see it all come together, offering a level of exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program.
This is where first flights happen, where history is built on top of history, and where the scale of what's underway is unlike anything in modern aerospace. The mission stays the same, but the work evolves with every milestone: from first launch to reuse, high-cadence operations, and beyond.
If you're looking to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook, not just repeat what’s already been done, this is where it happens. ## About the Role - The Senior Operations Technician is a highly experienced hands-on contributor responsible for executing complex vehicle integration and pre-launch operations on flight hardware.
This role supports system-level assembly, checkout, rework, and troubleshooting across structures, fluids, and avionics systems for Stage 1, Stage 2, and payload integration activities. - Senior Operations Technicians are trusted to resolve off-nominal conditions, verify hardware configuration, and execute procedures with precision while protecting flight hardware and maintaining configuration integrity.
In addition to technical execution, this role provides floor leadership, mentors junior technicians, and partners closely with Engineering, Launch Operations, and Quality to ensure vehicle readiness and mission success. ## About You - 5+ years of aerospace mechanical experience or related technical field - Experience working in a fast-paced production environment handling flight hardware and performing critical operations - Broad technical skill set including: Fastener installation and torque applications - Secondary retention methods - Mechanical and systems testing - Avionics familiarity ## Nice to haves but not required - Ordnance experience ## Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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 $33.20 - $49.80 USD
From Relativity Space's job posting, checked 7 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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Builds reusable rockets that make access to space more reliable and routine.
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