Dynamic Loads Engineer II for Terran R Vehicle

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space in Long Beach, California, is seeking engineers for the Integrated Performance team to mature hardware designs and drive decisions through analysis and cross‑functional collaboration on the Terran R program. You will work across trajectory design, structures, and test to ensure robust performance and timely delivery.

The role emphasizes dynamic loads analysis, random vibration, and data‑driven validation, with autonomy to solve hard problems.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree with emphasis on mechanics and vibrations.
• Graduate coursework preferred.
• Experience with FE modeling for dynamic response analysis.
• Experience with testing, instrumentation, and data analysis.
• Fluency in Python, MATLAB, or similar programming languages for engineering analysis.
• Familiarity with statistics and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Drive maturation of hardware designs and ops decisions through analysis, understanding of vehicle and program needs, and proactive communication across teams.
• Develop Dynamic loads, levels, and criteria from initial concept through data review for vehicle and supporting hardware for Terran R.
• Inform primary structure design and customer load inputs through Coupled Loads Analysis.
• Develop and validate random vibration and shock specifications and ensuring hardware across the vehicle is qualified to those specifications.
• Build, validate, and document analytical models to generate component load predictions.

Skills

Finite Element Analysis

Python

MATLAB

Dynamics

Data Analysis

Statistics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NASTRAN

VA One

LS-DYNA

Wave6

FEM Software

Job description

Relativity Space in Long Beach, California, is seeking engineers for the Integrated Performance team to mature hardware designs and drive decisions through analysis and cross‑functional collaboration on the Terran R program. You will work across trajectory design, structures, and test to ensure robust performance and timely delivery.

The role emphasizes dynamic loads analysis, random vibration, and data‑driven validation, with autonomy to solve hard problems.