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Senior Controls Engineer, Optical Beam Pointing at Relativity

Department: Interplanetary

Compensation

$148,000 – $222,000/yr

Location
Long Beach, California
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Relativity Space is hiring a Senior Controls Engineer for its Interplanetary Sciences Program to lead optical beam pointing and control systems for a 2028 Mars Orbiter mission. The role owns the design, development, verification, and flight operations of algorithms that fuse optical, gyroscopic, and inertial measurements to steer spacecraft attitude and beam orientation, reject jitter, and maintain precision optical links. The engineer will work across communications, GNC, flight software, and spacecraft systems teams and support prototyping, ground testing, commissioning, and on-orbit operations. The position requires an undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant technical discipline and at least three years of related experience, with a hiring range of $148,000 to $222,000 USD.

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