Staff Structures Engineer (Terran-R Vehicle)

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

About The Position

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Their Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. This role is within 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. 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. The role requires 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. Responsibilities include analysis and sizing of flight structures to ensure timely design reviews and drawing release, developing and supporting hardware test campaigns, and supporting manufacturing process development. Success in this role requires self-motivation, adaptability, and the ability to lead projects to completion in a fast-paced environment. Weekly tasks include designing flight components using NX/TeamCenter, performing analysis using Nastran, ANSYS and/or hand calculations, creating and releasing drawings, and supporting fabrication of components. The engineer will own their design from requirements to production and use strong organizational skills to document work and present recommendations.

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 the Terran R vehicle using NX/TeamCenter.
Performing analysis using Nastran, ANSYS and/or hand calculations.
Creating and releasing drawings.
Supporting fabrication of components.
Owning design from requirements to production.
Documenting work and presenting recommendations.