Senior Counsel, Regulatory

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About the Team: 

Our legal team is small, nimble, and entrepreneurial. We support the foundations for success at scale across Relativity Space, and zealously partner with client teams as we develop our Factory of the Future. Our Senior Counsel, Regulatory will solve the Company’s legal challenges and burn down risk related to myriad regulatory regimes the Company faces, including national security, cybersecurity, government contracts. Further, this position will work closely to support the negotiation of and compliance with commercial and government contracts. Our team needs a proactive, experienced lawyer who is hungry, eager to develop new skills and tackle new projects, willing to present creative solutions to challenges, and capable of tackling tough issues, all while maintaining the highest levels of integrity – and promoting that integrity across the Company. This role may be located in any one of Relativity’s offices, including Long Beach, CA, Washington, D.C., Cape Canaveral, FL, or Stennis, MS. Fully remote options are not available.

About the Role:

• Work within the Company’s Regulatory Compliance team, serving as a subject matter expert on U.S. federal and international regulatory regimes relevant to aerospace and defense industries, including:
  • Government contracting requirements (FAR/DFARS)
  • National security reviews
  • Cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-171, CMMC)
  • Export controls (ITAR, EAR)
• Implement a risk management process for government contracts compliance for Relativity’s lines of business.
• Develop and implement internal risk management and compliance programs related to Relativity’s government business, with a specific emphasis on trade controls, procurement integrity, and security requirements.
• Work with Relativity’s Trade Compliance function to maintain an effective export compliance program under the ITAR and the EAR, including drafting compliance policies and procedures as well as administering training

About You:

• Law degree from an accredited law school and active license to practice law.
• 5+ years’ experience as practicing attorney, either with a large law firm or in-house.
• Experience analyzing and negotiating complex commercial and government contracts.
• Experience in government cybersecurity requirements and data privacy regulations.
• Ability to interface with Relativity’s federal and state government regulators and customers.
• Ability to receive a federal security clearance at the highest level issued to Relativity Space.

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience managing corporate compliance programs.
• Legal experience in export control matters
• Legal experience negotiating customer contracts, both commercial and government.
• Experience working in or with the aerospace industry

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.