Facilities HVAC Technician I
Relativity Space
- Location
- Onsite (Long Beach, California)
- Compensation
- $22 - $33/hr
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
About the role
Relativity Space is building the Terran R reusable rocket to make space access routine. This role supports the Facilities Engineering and Operations team by maintaining and optimizing physical assets, including HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems, to ensure safe and efficient factory operations.
Skills
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Equity
- Paid time off
- Sick leave
- Parental leave
- Learning and development stipend
Perks
- Equity
- Learning and development stipend
Full job details
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 Facilities Engineering and Operations department is responsible for maintaining and optimizing Relativity’s physical assets, including buildings, infrastructure, and utilities. Guided by our team motto, "People, Process, and Place," we manage maintenance programs for critical systems like HVAC, plumbing, and electrical, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental standards. Our team oversees daily operations, including energy management, safety, and custodial services, while also addressing facility-related issues. We lead engineering projects, manage space utilization, and implement sustainability initiatives to enhance operational efficiency. Key skills within the team include technical expertise, project management, problem-solving, and vendor management. Ultimately, we play a key role in maintaining a safe, efficient, and sustainable work environment.
About the Role:
- Excellent working knowledge of Heating & Cooling Systems
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in the construction industry working with Mechanical systems and other trades.
- Experience troubleshooting mechanical equipment.
- Experience with Mechanical distribution, load balancing, single-line diagrams, design documentation, construction drawings, construction bid solicitation, contractor selection, construction management, field superintendent, permitting, QA/QC.
- Experience with commissioning, operating, and maintenance of mechanical systems.
- Experience with grounding and bonding electrical and mechanical systems.
About You:
- Experience maintaining and repairing HVAC systems
- Prior experience in service maintenance, construction, and/or repair.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, which may involve working from heights at 80+ ft and lifting up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to work on ladders as well as squatting, stooping and/or kneeling with a tool belt
- Valid California state driver’s license and acceptable driving record
Nice to haves but not required:
- C-20 HVAC License
- OHSA 30
- Forklift certification, preferred
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 accommodations@relativityspace.com.
Please note: Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.