Senior Manager, Network Engineering - Relativity
View Company Profile- Job Title
- Senior Manager, Network Engineering
- Job Location
- Long Beach, California
- 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 Information Technology team at Relativity Space is responsible for all computing infrastructure (end-user, server, virtualization, and cloud), software and software services, videoconferencing, telecommunications services and equipment, networking, and information security. We work with and support the needs of all internal teams, providing critical infrastructure and services for all operations of the company. The complexity and scale of Information Technology needs at Relativity Space provides many unique opportunities to challenge and elevate strategic and tactical technical skillsets of our team members. We pride ourselves on developing innovative, effective, and highly scalable systems and processes to enable our workforce to design and operate the factory of the future, employing additive manufacturing technologies to build the world's most bad ass rockets. We foster and encourage growth, hold each other accountable, and collaborate extensively with our peers to provide best of breed services and infrastructure to our stakeholders, who happen to be a group of extraordinarily talented, committed, and hyper-achieving set of the greatest minds and people to work with on the planet.
About the Role:
- Oversee the design and implementation of robust network architectures to support the company’s operational needs.
- Manage and mentor a team of network engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.
- Evaluate the network design, upcoming use cases, new technologies, and performance to evaluate, design, implement, and support solutions to enhance reliability, efficiency, performance, and scale.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including the rest of IT and software development to understand their network requirements and provide effective solutions. As well as evaluate and manage relationships with third-party vendors and service providers, ensuring quality and cost-effective network services.
- Develop and manage the network engineering budget, ensuring optimal resource allocation and cost efficiency.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience (5+ years) in network engineering or a related role, with at least 2 years in a managerial capacity.
- Strong understanding of network infrastructure, protocols, and security practices.
- Experience with cloud networking solutions and emerging technologies.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with a passion for team development.
Nice to haves but not required:
- Specific knowledge of NIST 800-171, CMMC, and ITAR.
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:$200,000—$224,000 USDWe 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.
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Relativity Company Size
Between 1,000 - 2,000 employees
Relativity Founded Year
2001
Relativity Total Amount Raised
$125,000,000