Fluids Analyst II, Combustion Devices

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. 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 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 being written 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. The Propulsion team at Relativity is focused on developing and delivering highly performant and manufacturable engines for Terran R. Engineers are responsible for the entire lifecycle of their parts, from initial design through production to qualification and flight. The team fosters a culture of bottoms-up decision-making, free from technical gatekeeping, where ownership and accountability are key at all levels. Designing engines with a quarter million pounds of thrust is just the beginning. As the flight configuration enters qualification, the team is now exploring modifications for future engines, including thrust upgrades, new cycles, and design for mass production.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a science or engineering field
2+ years of experience in performing computation fluid dynamics analyses (employment, internships, project experience)
Familiar with typical analysis steps including pre/post-processing, meshing, boundary conditions, etc.
Experience with basic engineering scripting in Python, MATLAB, or similar
Strong background in fluid mechanics and heat transfer

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in aerospace is not required
Graduate degree in a science or engineering field
Experience in Siemens STAR-CCM+
Working knowledge of rocket engine subsystems, such as combustion devices

Responsibilities

Contribute to design and qualification of combustion devices hardware (injectors, thrust chamber, heat exchangers, igniters) through Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis
Review test and flight data as necessary to evaluate and anchor models
Interface with hardware designers and utilize thermofluid expertise to influence design decisions
Develop and recommend analysis approaches that may increase design iteration time