Senior Structural Analysis Engineer, Tools & Methods at Relativity Space
Long Beach, CA 90801
About the Job
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
While 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: Mature Relativity’s structures analysis processes, including custom and commercial tool selection and implementation, workflow automation, methodology development, and data and results processing, storage, and communicationDevelop intuitive interfaces for hand calculations, linear/nonlinear FEA, and test data, gathering families of data across test and analysis cycles, comparing data against predictions, etc.Work closely with dynamics and other disciplines to develop tools for load combination and interdisciplinary environments mappingIntegrate processing and analysis tools written by structures engineers into larger organizational software frameworksDevelop front-end interactive visuals for mapping data and analysis outputs through vehicle locations, flight timelines, etc.About You: Undergraduate degree in engineering or related field5+ years experience in numerical analysis and tool development, preferably for FEA, CFD, or finite volume thermal analysis2+ years of experience software development in a data handling/interdisciplinary environmentExperience solving complex problems on integrated vehiclesExperience structuring, negotiating, executing, and delivering complex tools and methods projects from start to finishProficiency in Python and version control systems (e.g., git)Nice to Haves, but Not Required: Graduate degree in engineering or related field 8+ years relevant experienceExperience managing and developing analysis toolsets and workflows across in-house and commercial softwareExperience developing and managing robust data pipelines (storage backends, processing, front ends / GUIs)Familiarity with classical aerospace sizing methods (Timoshenko, Bruhn, Roark, etc);Expertise in multiple technical domains (e.g
structural and thermal)Familiarity with fatigue and damage tolerance analysisAt 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:$138,000—$178,000 USDWe 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.
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
While 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: Mature Relativity’s structures analysis processes, including custom and commercial tool selection and implementation, workflow automation, methodology development, and data and results processing, storage, and communicationDevelop intuitive interfaces for hand calculations, linear/nonlinear FEA, and test data, gathering families of data across test and analysis cycles, comparing data against predictions, etc.Work closely with dynamics and other disciplines to develop tools for load combination and interdisciplinary environments mappingIntegrate processing and analysis tools written by structures engineers into larger organizational software frameworksDevelop front-end interactive visuals for mapping data and analysis outputs through vehicle locations, flight timelines, etc.About You: Undergraduate degree in engineering or related field5+ years experience in numerical analysis and tool development, preferably for FEA, CFD, or finite volume thermal analysis2+ years of experience software development in a data handling/interdisciplinary environmentExperience solving complex problems on integrated vehiclesExperience structuring, negotiating, executing, and delivering complex tools and methods projects from start to finishProficiency in Python and version control systems (e.g., git)Nice to Haves, but Not Required: Graduate degree in engineering or related field 8+ years relevant experienceExperience managing and developing analysis toolsets and workflows across in-house and commercial softwareExperience developing and managing robust data pipelines (storage backends, processing, front ends / GUIs)Familiarity with classical aerospace sizing methods (Timoshenko, Bruhn, Roark, etc);Expertise in multiple technical domains (e.g
structural and thermal)Familiarity with fatigue and damage tolerance analysisAt 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:$138,000—$178,000 USDWe 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.
