Staff Structures Engineer (Terran-R Vehicle)

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

7d•$164,000 - $246,000

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. Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. You will be solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. The Structures and Mechanisms team 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.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in a design engineering role.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline
Significant 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
Fundamental knowledge of structures strength, stability and fatigue failure mechanisms.
Fundamental knowledge of additive and traditional manufacturing processes
Full life cycle project ownership experience

Nice To Haves

8+ years of mechanical or structural design & analysis experience.
Extensive experience with NX/TeamCenter.
Expertise 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.
Using strong organizational skills to properly document your work and present your recommendations when decisions are needed.