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Senior Factory Test Operations Engineer

Relativity Space

Skills

Required

  • electrical and fluid systems
  • cryogenic systems

Preferred

  • Lead Test Readiness Reviews
  • automation

Join our team as a Senior Factory Test Operations Engineer. In this role, you will plan, execute, and document complex test operations while ensuring the safe and reliable performance of test systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, develop test plans and procedures, and lead Test Readiness Reviews. Additionally, you will execute test operations, support post-test data processing, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage, 401(k), equity, generous PTO, and more.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, execute, and document complex test operations while ensuring the safe and reliable performance of test systems.
  • Develop operational plans, test plans, procedures, automation, and work instructions in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Lead Test Readiness Reviews, execute test operations, and support post-test data processing and continuous improvement efforts.
  • Strong attention to detail, professional communication skills, and ability to support a shifted work schedule as required by test operations
  • Demonstrated ability to take on additional leadership responsibilities as team needs evolve
  • Experience supporting aerospace testing activities

Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and mitigate safety risks associated with equipment or test operations
  • Ability to make sound, safety-focused decisions when information is incomplete and operational conditions change
  • 5+ years of experience operating complex equipment, planning complex operations, or performing comparable technical work
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or a related technical field
  • Experience applying engineering fundamentals to troubleshoot electrical and fluid systems and evaluate operational issues
  • Familiarity with cryogenic systems
  • Relevant certifications for rigging and lifting equipment
  • Ability to work at heights and in confined spaces, where required by job responsibilities and applicable safety procedures

Preferred

  • Experience presenting technical information and facilitating meetings

Pay

USD 124,000 - 186,000