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.
About the Team:
The Structures and Mechanisms team is responsible for the full design, build,
and test lifecycle of Terran R’s integrated structures and flight mechanisms.
Whether you're working on highly iterative mechanisms that move or tight-margin
structures that shouldn’t, you’ll get hands-on hardware ownership and see the
rocket coming to life on the factory floor. Both teams fall under one
department, sharing design principles, tools, and an integrated approach that
provides 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, you’ll play a critical
role in refining for manufacturability and speed.
About the Role:
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, to name a
few. You will need to think creatively and leverage innovation to reduce mass,
parts, processes and tooling required.
Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following:
* 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.
In order to be successful in this role, you must be someone who is
self-motivated, adaptable and is able to lead your own projects to completion in
a fast-paced environment. Ideally, you have significant mechanical or structural
design experience and a proven track record completing collaborative projects
effectively.
On a weekly basis, you will be 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 as well as supporting
fabrication of your components. You will own your design from requirements to
production. You will also use your strong organizational skills to properly
document your work and present your recommendations when decisions are needed.
About You:
* 0-2+ years of experience in a design engineering role.
* Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
* 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
* Hiring Timeline: We are actively hiring for immediate openings. Candidates
should have completed their degree requirements and be available to begin
full-time employment within 30–60 days of applying. If your availability
falls outside this window, we encourage you to return and apply when you are
within 30–60 days of being available to start full-time employment.
Nice to haves but not required:
* Extensive experience with NX/TeamCenter.
* Expertise using Nastran and ANSYS.
* Experience with GD&T and drafting.
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our
compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on
experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space
offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy,
parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see
some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
[https://px.sequoia.com/relativityspace]
Hiring Range:
$90,000—$136,000 USD
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do
not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender,
sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at
accommodations@relativityspace.com [accommodations@relativityspace.com].
Please note: Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate
profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any
unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an
employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be
owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that
specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.