Structural Analysis Engineer II

ZipRecruiter; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering aerospace company dedicated to transforming the future of space travel through innovative additive manufacturing and rocket design. This role offers the chance to work on cutting-edge projects, collaborating with a passionate team to develop reusable launch vehicles. You'll leverage your engineering expertise to drive structural analysis and testing, ensuring the highest standards of safety and performance. As part of this forward-thinking organization, you'll contribute to groundbreaking advancements in aerospace technology, shaping the future of interplanetary exploration. Embrace this unique opportunity to make a lasting impact in a dynamic and creative environment.

Benefits

Generous PTO and sick leave policy

Parental leave

Annual learning and development stipend

Equity options

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in an analysis role.
• Proficiency in structural analysis and testing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture and development of structural components.
• Build and validate structures analyses at various levels.

Skills

Structural Analysis

Finite Element Analysis

Engineering Scripting (Python, MATLAB)

3D Printing

Education

Undergraduate degree in Engineering

Graduate degree in Engineering

Tools

Nastran

Abaqus

Femap

Job description

Job Description

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity's industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. Our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About the Team:

Relativity's Integrated Performance teams ensure that our products work across all systems and disciplines, from trajectory design to aerodynamics to reliability analysis and beyond. Our groups size the Terran R rocket, design its missions for customer success, reliability, and reusability, and ensure that every system on the rocket and ground is engineered correctly for the demanding environments of launch and entry. Recently, we completed the preliminary design and analysis of Terran R, including Relativity's first-ever work on launch vehicle reusability, spanning advanced trajectory simulations, wind tunnel testing, and structures analysis, among many other projects.

The Integrated Analysis group is responsible for accelerating Relativity's hardware engineering via advanced analysis and cutting-edge tools. The team works on a variety of complex structures analyses across all of our hardware teams and develops tools and methods to unlock deeper insight in less time — to reduce weight, improve robustness, and deliver more flight-ready hardware to the launch pad.

About the Role:

1. Drive architecture, sizing, and development of structures like tanks, thrust structures, mechanisms, trays, lines, and other components in collaboration with peer technical teams.
2. Build, execute, and validate structures analyses at the component, system, and vehicle level, including relevant tool development and automation. Develop novel structural analysis techniques for reusable, 3D-printed launch vehicles.
3. Direct design and development engineers in the successful application of structural mechanics and analysis principles to achieve system and component requirements.
4. Develop and execute tests to support structures development and qualification, including hands-on work like test article integration, instrumentation setup, and data processing.

About You:

1. Undergraduate degree in engineering or a related discipline.
2. 2+ years experience in an analysis role.
3. Working knowledge of structural analysis and testing (from hand calculations to advanced numerical analysis e.g., nonlinear buckling or explicit dynamics).
4. Fundamental knowledge of metallic structure behavior and failure modes like strength, stability, and fatigue.
5. Proficiency in a commercial aerospace finite element package (e.g., Nastran, Abaqus) and a relevant pre/post-processor like Femap.
6. Proficiency with engineering scripting languages like Python or MATLAB.

Nice to Haves, but Not Required:

1. Graduate degree in engineering or a related discipline.
2. 5+ years experience in an analysis role.
3. Experience across 1 or more full product lifecycles of an integrated vehicle.
4. Graduate education in structural mechanics, computer science, or numerical methods.
5. Experience with Abaqus or ANSA.

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: $108,000—$138,000 USD

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