Staff DevOps Engineer

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 Additive Technology team operates at the frontier of research and development, where creativity meets capability. This is an R&D-driven environment where problems are open-ended and solutions are yours to define.  You’ll work alongside welders, robotics engineers, data scientists, and systems engineers at the intersection of hardware and software, creating an end-to-end additive manufacturing platform that serves a wide variety of applications. From exploring new materials to unlocking faster print speeds, to designing complex, organic geometries that can’t be built any other way, it’s high-impact work that sets the foundation for the future of additive manufacturing.

About the Role:

The Robotics Team at Relativity Space is responsible for building and refining the hardware and software that powers our autonomous systems. From advanced perception and robotics for manufacturing and additive processes to specialized robots that support development and deployment, our R&D Software Engineers work in close collaboration with hardware and automation to develop cutting edge technologies that push the boundaries of space exploration and industrial manufacturing. As a key member of the team, you’ll bring your software expertise to revolutionize the way robotics cooperate and additively manufacture here on earth and off planet.

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our growing team at our headquarters. In this role, you will be part of the Robotics Team supporting our company’s efforts in expanding our software suite across our R&D and manufacturing teams. Your mission will be improving software development and deployment processes. This involves tasks like automating code releases, managing both cloud-based and on-premise infrastructure to support robotic systems, ensuring system security, scalability, and reliability. You will champion and instill best practices and tools throughout the company and be working closely with teams to support best practices and unlock scaled automation.

About You:

• BS in either Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience and training
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps and/or IT role with similar responsibilities
  Deep understanding of Linux and proficiency with C++, Python, and Java Script
• Experience designing and operating diverse CI/CD pipelines with Github Actions, Gitlab CI, Jenkins or similar platforms
• Experience with UI test tools (e.g. QtQuick Test and Squish)
• Familiarity with configuration management and automation tools (e.g. Ansible and Puppet)
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g. GCP and AWS)

Nice to haves but not required: 

• Understanding of Windows and Mac operating systems
• Experience or exposure to Robotics or IoT is a big plus
• Understanding of physical networking
• Experience managing and deploying Docker containers on robotic hardware or cloud infrastructure supporting robotics applications
• Experience with hardware in the loop and longevity testing for robotic systems
• Experience with Grafana dashboards, InfluxDB
• Familiarity with Linux-based cyber-security practices

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:

$179,000—$230,000 USD

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.