Relativity Space

StaffSoftwareEngineer,StoragePlatform

$181–249k Long Beach, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Staff candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform at Relativity Space. Skills: Linux kernel drivers, OpenZFS, NFS, Automated fault recovery. Own storage platform software stack. Design custom Linux kernel drivers”

What You'll Achieve.

Preserve up to petabyte mission data; Achieve 6+ year mission reliability; Ensure no data loss; Sustain 10 Gbps writes

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Automated fault recovery; Detect and recover from upsets; Recover from transient fault; Storage hardware fault cases

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years writing Linux kernel code, PCI/PCIe devices experience, Block storage experience, Interrupt-driven hardware experience, Meaningful time spent in kernel space, ZFS or copy-on-write filesystems experience, RAID experience, NVMe internals experience, High-throughput network storage experience, Filesystem internals depth, Block layer/device management depth, Storage protocol implementation depth, Working knowledge of OS internals

Nice to Have

Hands-on experience at driver hardware software boundary, Working knowledge of data structures and systems reasoning for storage, Experience testing storage systems, Experience designing software recovery around storage hardware fault cases, Familiarity with embedded Linux build systems, Hardware lab comfort

What You'll Do.

Own storage platform software stack

Design custom Linux kernel drivers

Implement custom Linux kernel drivers

Lead ZFS pool topology decisions

Build quantitative reliability models

Validate through fault injection testing

Develop integration layer

Ensure drive re-enters storage pool cleanly

Rapidly prototype on commodity hardware

Carry design through integration and launch

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate across teams; Work across PCI/PCIe; Work across block layer; Work across interrupt subsystems; Debug with electrical engineers

Full 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 Interplanetary Sciences Program was established to expand access to scientific exploration across our solar system. Its mission is to make planetary research faster, more affordable, and more capable than ever before by rethinking how science missions are designed, built, and operated. The program aims to enable scientists to send instruments to distant worlds without decades of development or prohibitive costs. By creating a sustainable model for interplanetary exploration, we are transforming space science from an occasional event into a continuous process of discovery that accelerates knowledge, broadens participation, and inspires the next generation of explorers. About the Role: Own the complete

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