Staff Program Manager, Spaceport Integration

Relativity Space · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $180,500 – $271,000
  • Posted 2026-09-24
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job description

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 Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape is the only place where you see it all come together, offering a level of exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program. This is where first flights happen, where history is built on top of history, and where the scale of what's underway is unlike anything in modern aerospace. The mission stays the same, but the work evolves with every milestone: from first launch to reuse, high-cadence operations, and beyond. If you're looking to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook, not just repeat what’s already been done, this is where it happens.

About the Role:

As a Staff Program Manager, Spaceport Integration, you will represent Relativity in coordination with external regulatory, government, and operational stakeholders. You will support compliance with applicable licenses, regulations, agreements, and operating procedures associated with spaceport and launch operations, including coordination with organizations such as the U.S. Space Force (USSF), NASA, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

You will coordinate with internal engineering and operations teams and external stakeholders on activities supporting launch vehicle operations, facility development, hazardous operations, regulatory approvals, and mission readiness. This role provides exposure to a broad range of engineering and operational activities, including launch vehicle integration, launch operations, control room operations, civil infrastructure development, telemetry asset coordination, and local permitting.

• Serve as a primary point of contact for range-related operations and compliance activities, coordinating tasking between internal engineering teams and external stakeholders.

• Maintain documentation and coordinate activities required to support operational and regulatory compliance.

• Represent Relativity in meetings and coordination activities with the U.S. Space Force, NASA, state agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other applicable regulatory or government organizations.

• Coordinate financial and contractual obligations between Relativity and applicable government stakeholders, including tracking funding requirements and supporting appropriate allocation of resources.

• Develop and implement processes that support design compliance, operational readiness, and reliable, high-cadence launch operations.

• Evaluate and improve organizational policies, systems, and processes, including opportunities to leverage automation and artificial intelligence.

• Participate in mission readiness activities, test article countdown operations, console operations, and emergency or contingency response activities as assigned.

• Work extended hours, weekends, or other non-standard schedules when required to support critical mission operations.

• Travel approximately 25% of the time, with travel requirements varying based on business and operational needs.

About You:

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Experience supporting operator console activities in space, launch, test, or related mission operations.

• Experience supporting national security space programs or other regulated space operations.

• 7+ years of experience managing complex technical projects, programs, or operations.

• Ability to obtain and maintain any background screening or access authorization required to perform the position's assigned duties at applicable Space Force installations.

• Ability to communicate technical, operational, contractual, and re

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