Staff Structures Engineer (Vehicle)

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

About The Position

The Staff Structures Engineer will own the full design cycle for primary and secondary structures on Relativity Space’s Terran R vehicle, including conceptualization, design, analysis, manufacturing, and testing. Areas of work may include the thrust structure, propellant tanks, interstage, and fairing. The role focuses on innovative structural load paths, complex structural design, and adjacent-system packaging while reducing mass, parts, processes, and tooling. The engineer will review static and dynamic load inputs, material properties, test data, and structural-system requirements; analyze and size flight structures; and support timely design reviews and drawing release. The role also supports hardware test campaigns and manufacturing process development. Engineers own components from requirements through production, including CAD design, structural analysis, drawing creation and release, fabrication support, documentation, and presenting recommendations to inform decisions.

Requirements

8 or more years of experience in a design engineering role.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
Significant experience with industry-standard CAD packages such as NX, Creo, or SolidWorks.
Working knowledge of structural analysis, including hand calculations, finite element methods, industry tools, and testing.
Fundamental knowledge of structures strength, stability, and fatigue failure mechanisms.
Fundamental knowledge of additive and traditional manufacturing processes.
Experience owning projects through the full life cycle.
Ability to work independently, adapt, and lead projects to completion in a fast-paced environment.
Significant mechanical or structural design experience and a record of completing collaborative projects effectively.

Nice To Haves

8 or more years of mechanical or structural design and analysis experience.
Extensive experience with NX/TeamCenter.
Expertise using Nastran and ANSYS.
Experience with GD&T and drafting.

Responsibilities

Conceptualize structural load paths and design complex structures and adjacent-system packaging.
Review static and dynamic load inputs, material properties, test data, and structural system and subsystem requirements.
Analyze and size flight structures to support timely design reviews and drawing release.
Develop and support hardware test campaigns, including test integration, operation, and evaluation of results.
Support manufacturing process development.
Design flight components using NX/TeamCenter and perform analysis using Nastran, ANSYS, and/or hand calculations.
Create and release drawings and support fabrication of designed components.
Own designs from requirements through production, document work, and present recommendations when decisions are needed.