Manager, Test, Release & Deployment Engineering
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Job Description
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:
The TRADE team is a critical enabler of launch success at Relativity. As Software Manager, you'll lead a high-impact team solving unique engineering challenges-building the processes and tools that allow us to move fast, test thoroughly, and launch with confidence. This is an opportunity to shape a team and practice that doesn't just borrow from industry best practices-it helps define them.
- Build a team from the ground up, pulling in industry standards, developer's lessons learned, and new innovative ideas on how to make vehicle software better.
- Responsible for the testing, release, and deployment of all vehicle software including flight software, embedded software, and ground applications directly responsible for command and control of the rocket.
- Take ownership of, and continually improve, CI/CD pipelines for all vehicle software repos. Build commonality across pipelines to ensure consistent testing.
- Translate software requirements and test matrices into test procedures for HITL and HOOTL. Execute "run-for-records" on HITL and HOOTL, perform and present data reviews on test results. Scale and continuously automate testing efforts from single engine, to stage, to vehicle and launch.
About You:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in technical leadership or management roles.
- Strong background in at least one of test automation, CI/CD, DevOps practices, or release engineering in a production software environment.
- Familiarity with systems integration, especially across complex software stacks involving embedded software, flight, or enterprise components.
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience managing software deployed to hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) or real-time testbeds is a strong plus.
- Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity, set strategic direction, and deliver scalable solutions.
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to work across disciplines, from software to manufacturing.
- Passion for building high-performing teams and coaching engineers in technical and career growth.
- Experience in aerospace, robotics, automotive, or similarly complex embedded systems.
- Knowledge of tools and frameworks like Anaconda, Gitlab, HITL/HIL orchestration, or other simulation and test environments.
- Experience in safety-critical software validation.
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