Electrical Engineer Intern
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Apply to this jobAt 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 Vehicle Software team develops the safety-critical software that runs on Terran R. The work spans a distributed, real-time control system operating under extreme conditions like Mach 5 atmospheric flight, with a deployment pace that allows you to see your code run on rocket engines daily. The team is building new system architecture from the ground up and just as importantly, testing, releasing, and deploying it. You don’t need an aerospace background: what matters is experience with high-reliability software for complex systems. This is a rare opportunity to shape the foundation of Terran R’s software stack while directly influencing performance, reliability, and flight success.
About the Role
- Design, integrate, and test acquisition hardware, instrumentation, and cameras used to support and control our Terran R rocket test stands
- Beckhoff PLCs or similar
- Pressure, temperatures, flow, level, accelerometers, solenoid valves, VFDs, heaters, etc.
- IP, SDI, and CoaXPress cameras
- Design and maintain electrical systems for use in hazardous areas
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers and technicians to support and execute projects.
About You
- Pursuing Bachelors in either Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other related engineering discipline
- Demonstrated electrical engineering fundamental knowledge.
- Demonstrated capability in completing a complex project, coordinating with others and meeting deadlines.
- No previous aerospace experience is required
Nice to Haves but Not Required
- Familiarity with data and control systems (SCADA, PLC’s, NI, Beckhoff, etc.)
- Familiar with integrating sensors and actuators such as pressure transducers, RTDs, strain gages, thermocouples, solenoid valves, accelerometers, microphones, etc.
- Familiar with communications methods such as Ethernet, EtherCAT, CAN, and Modbus.
- Experience using AutoCAD Electrical
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.
Summary
Assist in designing, testing, and maintaining electrical systems for rocket testing and development.
Job title
Electrical Engineer Intern
Experience level
pursuing Bachelors
Industry
aerospace
Location requirements
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, on-site only
Salary
$32—$40 USD
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
John C. Stennis Space Center, MS, USA