Vehicle Structures Design Engineer II

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs, with their Terran R vehicle designed to deliver customer payloads to orbit and meet the growing demand for launch capacity. This role is part of the Structures and Mechanisms team, responsible for the full design, build, and test lifecycle of Terran R’s integrated structures and flight mechanisms. Team members have hands-on hardware ownership and see the rocket come to life on the factory floor. The department shares design principles, tools, and an integrated approach, providing a comprehensive view of Terran R. 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, this role will play a critical role in refining for manufacturability and speed. The scope of work encompasses designing parts and systems from early conceptualization through full release and supporting manufacturing for primary and secondary structures related to all stages of the Terran R rocket. This involves thinking creatively and leveraging innovation to optimize part geometry, ensure assembly packaging, prevent interferences and excessive gapping, reduce mass, and make parts fully manufacturable. The role also involves managing parts and assemblies throughout their lifecycles in PLM, and controlling BOM structuring and configuration management for many systems across the vehicle.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in a design engineering role
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline
Experience with industry-standard CAD packages such as NX, CATIA, Creo, or SOLIDWORKS
Fundamental knowledge of structures strength, stability and fatigue failure mechanisms
Self-motivated, adaptable and able to lead own projects to completion in a fast-paced environment
Significant mechanical or structural design experience
Proven track record completing collaborative projects effectively

Nice To Haves

1+ years of experience with NX/Teamcenter PLM
1+ years of experience with GD&T and drafting

Responsibilities

Design and develop piece parts, assemblies, and systems from early conceptualization up through full initial release – working with large machined metallic components, sheet metal, composites, formed panels, and more
Integrate critical design for manufacturing choices in direct coordination with the manufacturing engineering team
Perform packaging assessment of systems – resolve interferences, perform tolerance stack analyses, validate hardware stacks and fastener selections, integrate nominal gapping and shimming strategies, and more
Support BOM and configuration management of various systems across multiple vehicles
Create and release drawings as part of system release sprints post-CDR, including incorporating GD&T as primary definition
Designing flight components for the upcoming Terran R vehicle using NX/TeamCenter
Creating and releasing drawings
Supporting fabrication of your components
Documenting your work and presenting your recommendations when decisions are needed