Senior Launch Fluids Engineer — Ground Systems Lead

Relativity Space; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space seeks a senior design engineer to design, fabricate, operate, and maintain Terran R launch pad facilities at Cape Canaveral. You will model fluid systems, create piping diagrams, supervise commissioning, and drive cross-disciplinary technical work.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in engineering, 8+ years in full-cycle design, knowledge of flow, heat transfer, pipe stress, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in full-cycle design engineering (analysis, build, test).
• Knowledge of incompressible & compressible flow, heat transfer, and pipe stress.
• Strong project lifecycle and project management background.
• Proven track record of technical problem-solving and hands-on hardware build experience.
• Communication and interpersonal skills to lead discussions on complex technical topics.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, fabricating, operating, and maintaining Terran R's launch pad and support facilities.
• Design launch pad propellant and gas infrastructure, including fluid system design, modeling, pipe stress analysis, fabrication drawings, process and instrumentation diagrams, component lists, and detailed work instructions.
• Supervise the construction activation & commissioning and initial operations of these facilities.
• Solve technically challenging problems across a variety of disciplines under varying programmatic pressures.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Hardware build experience

Fluid dynamics

Heat transfer

Pipe stress analysis

ANSYS

Caesar

Bentley Autopipe

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

ANSYS

Caesar

Bentley Autopipe

Job description

Relativity Space seeks a senior design engineer to design, fabricate, operate, and maintain Terran R launch pad facilities at Cape Canaveral. You will model fluid systems, create piping diagrams, supervise commissioning, and drive cross-disciplinary technical work.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in engineering, 8+ years in full-cycle design, knowledge of flow, heat transfer, pipe stress, and strong communication.