Aeon-R Engine Assembly Lead

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO/Sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in the United States is building rockets to deliver on today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs, with the Aeon-R engine and Terran R program at the heart of a bold manufacturing vision.

You will lead a small Propulsion team responsible for top-level ownership of Aeon-R engine assemblies, driving layout, hardware design, CAD models, and mass projections across configurations from development to flight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a science, engineering, technology, or mathematics field.
• 5+ years of experience with fluid systems design and/or structural design.
• Experience applying fluid, thermal, structural, and mechanical design fundamentals.
• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
• Experience in mentoring and demonstrated leadership skills.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to follow through.
• Demonstrated drive to deliver on ambitious schedules, especially if unconventional & creative solutions are necessary to do so.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall layout and packaging of Aeon-R engines, in all of their different configurations (development, qualification, acceptance, first stage versus upper stage, etc.).
• Design and analyze final integration hardware, such as secondary structures, fluid manifolds, tubing, custom fittings, etc.
• Work closely with component and sub-system owners across the Propulsion department to drive towards an optimal engine design.
• Own and release top-level CAD models of the engine assembly.
• Track and report mass/mass projections of the Aeon-R engines.
• Own the Interface Control Diagram for Aeon-R engines, requiring close collaboration with vehicle and test stand partners.
• Champion configuration and change management for the Aeon-R engines.
• Partner closely with the Engine Integration engineers to successfully build and ship engines at rate.

Skills

Fluid systems

Structural design

CAD software

Mentoring

Leadership

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

ANSYS Workbench

Job description

Relativity Space in the United States is building rockets to deliver on today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs, with the Aeon-R engine and Terran R program at the heart of a bold manufacturing vision.

You will lead a small Propulsion team responsible for top-level ownership of Aeon-R engine assemblies, driving layout, hardware design, CAD models, and mass projections across configurations from development to flight.