Launch Systems Intern: Integrated Performance Engineer

RippleMatch Inc.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space is hiring a Summer Intern for the Integrated Performance team to help ensure Terran R comes together across systems. You will engage in flight sciences, trajectory design, and reliability analysis while working with propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, and corporate functions.

The role offers exposure to a wide range of engineering challenges, including CFD analyses, data review, and multi-domain problem solving, with opportunities to influence vehicle and process

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate student in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with Python.
• Experience contributing to complex projects as part of a technical team.
• Passion for launch and entry vehicle physics, simulation, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Integrated Performance team with trajectory design, aerodynamics, and performance analyses.
• Support CFD analyses and data processing across vehicle subsystems.
• Contribute to modeling, simulation, and testing projects for Terran R hardware and software teams.
• Collaborate with hardware designers and engineers to inform design decisions.
• Assist in development of dashboards and tools for mission analyses and verification.
• Provide hands-on support across multiple technical domains to drive program success.

Skills

Python

Teamwork

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Physics

Applied Mathematics

Electrical Engineering

Job description

Relativity Space is hiring a Summer Intern for the Integrated Performance team to help ensure Terran R comes together across systems. You will engage in flight sciences, trajectory design, and reliability analysis while working with propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, and corporate functions.

The role offers exposure to a wide range of engineering challenges, including CFD analyses, data review, and multi-domain problem solving, with opportunities to influence vehicle and process