Senior Mechanical Integration Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Learning & development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in California is seeking a mechanical/structural design engineer for Terran R Avionics, owning secondary structure design, packaging, analysis, testing and validation.

Join a cross-functional team across avionics, propulsion, GNC, fluids, and structures to deliver flight-ready hardware with a high degree of ownership, analytics rigor, and impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in full-cycle mechanical or structural design roles, with flight/production experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering; CAD experience.
• Strong background in structural and thermal analysis, including finite element methods.
• Proven ownership on complex multi-disciplinary technical projects under schedule pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical/structural design, packaging, analysis, test, and validation of secondary structure within the Terran R Avionics system.
• Provide technical direction across the secondary structure portfolio, set design standards, review analyses/drawings, and make architecture-level trade decisions balancing mission requirements, producibility, schedule and cost.
• Drive cross-functional integration with Avionics, Fluids, Dynamics, Thermal, Structures, and Vehicle Integration teams; perform modal, structural, and thermal analyses for flight-ready interfaces.

Skills

Mechanical design

Structural analysis

Thermal analysis

3D CAD software

Project ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Job description

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. OurTerran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launchcapacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock newopportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyondthe known.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Nowis a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, andthe culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The mostmeaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team:

The Avionics team is responsible for the full lifecycle of Terran R’s nervous system, designing, building, testing, installing, and operating the hardware that connects and controls every major electrical system on the vehicle and ground. The team leverages close partnership between avionics design, manufacturing, and test to enable rapid iteration and feedback loops. Engineers are deeply embedded into other functions within Relativity, working closely with propulsion, GNC, fluids, and stage engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and operation. Now is a unique time to join: you’ll get to help shape Terran R's fundamental avionics architecture and be given a high degree of ownership on components that will fly.

About the Role:

• You would own mechanical/structural design, packaging, analysis, test, and validation of secondary structure within the Terran R Avionics system. Secondary structure includes trays, brackets, dynamic isolation, thermal management, and environmental protection components
• Provide technical direction across the secondary structure portfolio — set design standards, review and approve analysis and drawings, and make architecture-level trade decisions that balance mission requirements, producibility, schedule, and cost
• Drive cross-functional integration with Avionics, Fluids, Dynamics, Thermal, Structures, and Vehicle Integration teams, serving as the primary point of accountability for your secondary structure delivery and interfaces. Perform modal, structural, and thermal analysis of hardware to static, dynamic, and thermal environments, and ensure analysis rigor and design margins are appropriate for flight

About You:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in full-cycle mechanical or structural design engineering roles, including experience taking hardware from concept through flight or production
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field. Experience with 3D computer aided design (CAD) software
• Strong background in structural and thermal analysis, including finite element analysis methods
• Demonstrated project ownership and accountability on complex, multi-disciplinary technical projects, with a track record of delivering under schedule pressure

At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range:

$129,000 — $193,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.