Senior Vehicle Fluids Engineer, COPV's

Relativity SpaceLong Beach, CA
82d$142,000 - $181,500

About The Position

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.

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree in engineering or technical discipline
  • 5+ years of relevant technical experience
  • Experience applying pressure vessel engineering fundamentals
  • Experience applying knowledge of fluid and mechanical system design and operation

Nice To Haves

  • Experience working with COPVs or other composite structures
  • Experience in a creative and fast-paced development environment, working with autonomy
  • Experience with CAD
  • Experience with launch vehicle systems

Responsibilities

  • Partnering with third party vendors in the design and analysis of gas storage COPVs
  • Working with other thermo-fluid engineers on vehicle gas system design and operation
  • Establishing test campaigns for qualification and acceptance of COPVs
  • Performing tests and reviewing data
  • Supporting integration COPVs on the rocket
  • Selecting, vetting, and managing vendors
  • Performing trade studies to improve gas storage solutions for the near future vehicles
  • Assessing long term COPV design and manufacturing plans

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Generous PTO and sick leave policy
  • Parental leave
  • Annual learning and development stipend

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Mid Level

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Number of Employees

1,001-5,000 employees

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