Dynamic Loads Engineer II — Launch Vehicle Systems

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

Job summary

Relativity Space in Long Beach, CA is seeking a structural dynamics engineer for the Integrated Performance team to mature hardware designs through analysis and cross-team collaboration on Terran R. You will develop dynamic loads criteria and support vehicle and ground-system analyses while building predictive models.

Ideal candidates have FE experience and strong Python/MATLAB skills; experience with testing, data analysis, and statistics is valued.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree with emphasis on mechanics and vibrations. Graduate coursework preferred.
• Experience with Finite Element and/or other modeling approaches for dynamic response analysis
• Experience with relevant 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

mechanics and vibrations

finite element

modeling approaches

testing and instrumentation

data analysis

Python

MATLAB

statistics

Education

Undergraduate degree emphasis on mechanics and vibrations

Graduate coursework preferred

Tools

NASTRAN

VA One

Wave6

LS-DYNA

Job description

Relativity Space in Long Beach, CA is seeking a structural dynamics engineer for the Integrated Performance team to mature hardware designs through analysis and cross-team collaboration on Terran R. You will develop dynamic loads criteria and support vehicle and ground-system analyses while building predictive models.

Ideal candidates have FE experience and strong Python/MATLAB skills; experience with testing, data analysis, and statistics is valued.