Propulsion Structural Engineer — Shape Next-Gen Rockets

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking a structural analyst to support Aeon-R hardware throughout design, testing, and flight. You will collaborate with propulsion, manufacturing, and software teams to ensure performance and safety requirements are met and to drive design decisions that enable manufacturability.

You will apply first principles in structural mechanics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics, conducting hand calculations and FEM analyses with ANSYS and other tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering field.
• 1+ years relevant experience in structural analysis or structural modeling.
• Experience applying engineering first principles in structural mechanics including beam bending, pressure vessels, buckling, etc.
• Experience applying engineering first principles in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.
• Familiarity with structural analysis packages (ANSYS, FEMAP, NASTRAN, ABAQUS).

Responsibilities

• Support the design and qualification of Aeon-R combustion devices hardware throughout the entire development cycle, from initial concept through detailed design, testing, and flight.
• Performing hand calculations and FEM analysis to achieve structural closure, including static structural, thermal, fatigue, and damage tolerance analyses.
• Interface with hardware designers to influence design decisions to ensure hardware meets performance and safety requirements.
• Define test objectives that validate analytical models and verify hardware performance.

Skills

Structural analysis

First principles

Problem solving

FEM analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or engineering

Tools

ANSYS

FEMAP

NASTRAN

ABAQUS

Job description

Relativity Space is seeking a structural analyst to support Aeon-R hardware throughout design, testing, and flight. You will collaborate with propulsion, manufacturing, and software teams to ensure performance and safety requirements are met and to drive design decisions that enable manufacturability.

You will apply first principles in structural mechanics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics, conducting hand calculations and FEM analyses with ANSYS and other tools.