Senior Mechanical Engineer - Rocket Structures

Relativity Space

Long Beach (CA)

On-site

USD 132,000 - 198,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity
PTO and sick leave policy
Parental leave
Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for Terran‑R Structures to lead design, analysis, and testing of primary and secondary structures. You will work with NX/TeamCenter, analyze with Nastran/ANSYS, and own components from requirements to production, collaborating across teams to accelerate Terran R development.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in design engineering, a B.S.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in a design engineering role.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
  • Experience with industry-standard CAD packages such as NX, Creo, or SolidWorks.
  • Working knowledge of structural analysis (hand calculation, FEA) and testing.
  • 1+ years of experience working on structures strengths.

Responsibilities

  • Innovative conceptualization of structural load path, design for complex structures and adjacent system packaging.
  • Review of static & dynamic load inputs, material properties & test as well as structural systems & subsystems requirements.
  • Analysis and sizing of flight structures to ensure timely design reviews and drawing release.
  • Develop and support hardware test campaigns, including test integration, operation and result evaluation.

Skills

Structural design
Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

NX/TeamCenter
Creo
SolidWorks
Nastran
ANSYS

Job description

Relativity Space in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for Terran‑R Structures to lead design, analysis, and testing of primary and secondary structures. You will work with NX/TeamCenter, analyze with Nastran/ANSYS, and own components from requirements to production, collaborating across teams to accelerate Terran R development.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in design engineering, a B.S.

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