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:
About the Role:
We’re seeking a Staff Network Engineer to architect, implement, and maintain the networking infrastructure that powers our large-scale metal additive manufacturing platform. This is a hands-on, systems-level role embedded in a multidisciplinary R&D team that includes robotics, machine learning, data, and software engineers. You'll be responsible for designing and deploying local networks that connect robotic systems, sensors, edge compute devices, and operator interfaces throughout our manufacturing facility. This includes supporting wired and wireless systems, tuning network performance for time-sensitive workloads, and ensuring alignment with our enterprise IT security posture. This is not a traditional IT helpdesk or maintenance role—your focus will be on building systems, collaborating with domain experts, and solving unique real-world networking problems in a production environment.
- Design, implement, and maintain high-performance local networks across multiple robotic cells and compute systems
- Collaborate with robotics and infrastructure teams to support deterministic or low-latency communication where needed
- Configure and manage switches, routers, and wireless access points in both experimental and production environments
- Interface with our enterprise IT security team to ensure compliance while enabling local R&D flexibility
- Support network-level debugging, monitoring, and diagnostics
- Own documentation and standardization for networking infrastructure in the facility
- Help scale and adapt the network as new systems come online and data volumes grow
About You:
- 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating network infrastructure in industrial, R&D, manufacturing, or high-performance computing (HPC) environments
- Strong experience with wired and wireless networking technologies, including switch and router configuration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management
- Hands-on experience with Linux-based systems and CLI-driven network configuration and diagnostics
- Proven ability to work on-site in technical environments, collaborating closely with hardware, software, and systems engineers
- Experience supporting industrial or manufacturing environments, including uptime-critical and production-floor networks
Nice to haves but not required:
- Familiarity with time synchronization technologies, such as IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP-2008 / PTPv2 and/or IEEE 1588-2019 / PTPv2.1)
- Experience supporting real-time systems, robotics platforms, or deterministic/low-latency networks
- Exposure to ROS, DDS, MQTT, or similar real-time or publish/subscribe messaging frameworks
- Experience with network automation and configuration management tools (e.g., scripting, infrastructure-as-code, or orchestration frameworks)
- Experience designing or supporting high-bandwidth, low-latency video or sensor data platforms
- Experience operating in regulated or compliance-driven environments, including ITAR, CUI, or similar requirements
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.
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 [email protected].
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