Senior Structures Engineer

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

3h•$132,000 - $181,500

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. This role is part of the Structures and Mechanisms team, which is responsible for the full design, build, and test lifecycle of Terran R’s integrated structures and flight mechanisms. Team members work on multiple parts, not just within a single subsystem, and are empowered to make decisions that directly impact flight hardware. Beyond first flight, you’ll play a critical role in refining for manufacturability and speed. The scope of work encompasses a full design cycle, including conceptualization, design, analysis, manufacturing and testing for primary and secondary structures related to Thrust Structure, Propellant Tanks, Interstage or Fairing. You will need to think creatively and leverage innovation to reduce mass, parts, processes and tooling required. On a weekly basis, you will be designing flight components for our upcoming Terran R vehicle using NX/TeamCenter, performing analysis using Nastran, ANSYS and/or hand calculations, creating and releasing drawings as well as supporting fabrication of your components. You will own your design from requirements to production. You will also use your strong organizational skills to properly document your work and present your recommendations when decisions are needed.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a design engineering role
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
Experience with industry-standard CAD packages such as NX, Creo, or Solidworks
Working knowledge of structural analysis (hand calculation, Finite Elements Methods and industry tools) and test
1+ years of experience working on structures strengths

Nice To Haves

5+ years of mechanical or structural design & analysis experience
Experience with NX/TeamCenter
Experience using Nastran and ANSYS
Experience with GD&T and drafting

Responsibilities

Innovative conceptualization of structural load path, design for complex structures and adjacent system packaging
Review of static & dynamic load inputs, material properties & test as well as structural systems & subsystems requirements
Analysis and sizing of flight structures to ensure timely design reviews and drawing release
Develop and support hardware test campaigns, including test integration, operation and result evaluation
Support manufacturing process development
Designing flight components for our upcoming Terran R vehicle using NX/TeamCenter
Performing analysis using Nastran, ANSYS and/or hand calculations
Creating and releasing drawings
Supporting fabrication of your components
Owning your design from requirements to production
Documenting your work and presenting your recommendations when decisions are needed