Staff Network Engineer

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 Additive Technology team operates at the frontier of research and development, where creativity meets capability. This is an RD-driven environment where problems are open-ended and solutions are yours to define. You’ll work alongside welders, robotics engineers, data scientists, and systems engineers at the intersection of hardware and software, creating an end-to-end additive manufacturing platform that serves a wide variety of applications. From exploring new materials to unlocking faster print speeds, to designing complex, organic geometries that can’t be built any other way, it’s high-impact work that sets the foundation for the future of additive manufacturing. About the Role: We’re seeking a Staff Network Engineer to architect, implement, and maintain the networking infrastructure that powers our large-scale metal additive manufacturing platform. This is a hands-on, systems-level role embedded in a multidisciplinary RD team that includes robotics, machine learning, data, and software engineers. You'll be responsible for designing and deploying local networks that connect robotic systems, sensors, edge compute devices, and operator interfaces throughout our manufacturing facility. This includes supporting wired and wireless systems, tuning network performance for time-sensitive workloads, and ensuring alignment with our enterprise IT security posture. This is not a traditional IT helpdesk or maintenance role—your focus will be on building systems, collaborating with domain experts, and solving unique real-world networking problems in a production environment. Design, implement, and maintain high-performance local networks across multiple robotic cells and compute systems Collaborate with robotics and infrastructure teams to support deterministic or low-latency communication where needed Configure and manage switches, routers, and wireless access points in both experimental and production environments Interface with our enterprise IT security team to ensure compliance while enabling local RD flexibility Support network-level debugging, monitoring, and diagnostics Own documentation and standardization for networking infrastructure in the facility Help scale and adapt the network as new systems come online and data volumes grow About You: 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating network infrastructure in industrial, RD, manufacturing, or high-performance computing (HPC) environments Strong experience with wired and wireless networking technologies, including switch and router configuration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management Hands-on experience with Linux-based systems and CLI-driven network configuration and diagnost ... (truncated, view full listing at source)