# Senior Mission Design and Navigation Engineer at Relativity

- Company: Relativity
- What the company does: Relativity is a global legal data intelligence company. Its AI platform, Relativity aiR, transforms complex data into insights and actions to elevate the practice of law. Backed by ICONIQ.
- Company website: https://www.relativity.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Long Beach, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8807517002?gh_jid=8807517002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/relativity-senior-mission-design-and-navigation-engineer/

## About the role

As a Mission Design and Navigation Engineer within the Interplanetary Sciences Program, you will perform mission design activities for our 2028 Mars Orbiter mission. You will perform trajectory and navigation analyses that define how the spacecraft travels to Mars and achieves the orbital conditions required to accomplish its science mission.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical/Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a similar technical discipline with 5+ years of related experience
- Experience in spacecraft mission design, astrodynamics, flight navigation, orbit determination, or mission design and navigation software development
- Strong understanding of orbital mechanics, trajectory analysis, and the engineering methods used to design and navigate spacecraft missions
- Experience with radiometric navigation and orbital determination
- Ability to work across disciplines and clearly communicate technical decisions, requirements, and tradeoffs to engineering stakeholders
- Experience working with software developers to define requirements and architectures for engineering or mission-critical software systems

Tags: Interplanetary