Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer II — Own the Fluid Architecture

Socket.dev; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is hiring a Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer to own the fluid subsystem architecture for the Terran R vehicle, applying thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and system design to drive hardware choices, analyses, and validation. You’ll influence test strategy, model development, and cross-team reviews, ensuring robust performance from design to flight.

Work on-site at the factory with engineers across propulsion, manufacturing and software, collaborating to deliver integrated fluid

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant field required.
• 2+ years of experience working with fluids systems.
• Experience applying engineering fundamentals in system design, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer.
• Experience with one or more fluid or thermal modeling tools for internal compressible and incompressible analysis.
• Proficiency in Python or a similar programming language for scientific computing and automated test/simulation data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own the vehicle fluid subsystem architecture and schematics, including system control scheme, system and component selection and sizing.
• Conduct fluid and thermal analyses, including system sizing and characterization using base analytical methods.
• Lead and participate in system and hardware design and manufacturing reviews.
• Define and support test objectives and campaigns to validate system design and performance across integration testing and launch.

Skills

Fluids experience

Thermodynamics

Fluid dynamics

System design

Python programming

Education

Bachelor's degree (Mechanical Engineering)

Job description

Relativity Space is hiring a Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer to own the fluid subsystem architecture for the Terran R vehicle, applying thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and system design to drive hardware choices, analyses, and validation. You’ll influence test strategy, model development, and cross-team reviews, ensuring robust performance from design to flight.

Work on-site at the factory with engineers across propulsion, manufacturing and software, collaborating to deliver integrated fluid