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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:
Terrestrial Software is the central nervous system of Relativity Space, powering design, manufacturing, testing, and launch through a unified stack of enterprise applications, factory automation, and ground systems. Our goal is instant data accessibility and automated decision-making embedded in every workflow, removing friction and enabling fast, intelligent company-wide operations
About the Role:
- Define product vision and strategic roadmap for MES enhancements and in‑house modules
- Balance deliverables between off‑the‑shelf functionality and custom software features, ensuring seamless integration and scalability
- Engage with manufacturing leaders, operations staff, IT, and engineering to understand operational challenges, needs, and priorities
- Translate insights into clear product requirements, prioritize backlogs, and establish success criteria
- Own end‑to‑end delivery of MES-related features from concept through requirements, development, testing, implementation, and post‑launch support
- Ensure alignment with manufacturing workflows, regulatory needs, data integrity, and system performance
- Collaborate with engineering to integrate MES with ERP, PLM, QMS, automation systems, and in‑house modules
- Explore and track advanced technologies (IIoT, dashboards, analytics, Industry 4.0 approaches) for future enhancements
- Define key performance indicators (e.g., OEE improvements, downtime reduction, traceability metrics, user adoption rates)
- Establish feedback loops, monitor product performance, and iterate based on manufacturing and user insights
- Drive adoption across multiple sites or lines create documentation, conduct training, and champion change management efforts
About You:
- 8-12+ years of product management experience, preferably in manufacturing software or MES.
- 3+ years of direct, hands-on MES experience, including configuring, enhancing, or integrating systems like Manufacturo or similar platforms
Nice to haves but not required:
- Deep understanding of manufacturing processes production, quality, traceability, OEE, compliance
- Familiarity with system integration (ERP, PLM, QMS)
- Proven ability to craft and execute product vision, roadmap, requirements, user stories, and releases
- Excellent cross-functional leadership working with manufacturing, engineering, IT, quality, and executive stakeholders
- Effective communication skills ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear plans for diverse audiences
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.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
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