Staff COPV Engineer

The role

You will help develop the architecture for the Terran R vehicle and gas storage solutions for a reusable rocket. This involves partnering with vendors, designing gas systems, and establishing test campaigns for COPVs.

What you will do

• Partner with third-party vendors in the design and analysis of gas storage COPVs
• Work with other thermo-fluid engineers on vehicle gas system design and operation
• Establish test campaigns for the qualification and acceptance of COPVs
• Perform tests and review data
• Support integration COPVs on the rocket
• Select, vet, and manage vendors
• Perform trade studies to improve gas storage solutions
• Assess long-term COPV design and manufacturing plans

Required qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in engineering or a technical discipline
• 8+ years of relevant technical experience
• Experience applying pressure vessel engineering fundamentals
• Experience applying knowledge of fluid and mechanical system design and operation

Nice to have

• Experience working with COPVs or other composite structures
• Experience in a creative and fast-paced development environment, working with autonomy
• Experience with CAD
• Experience with launch vehicle systems

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy
• Parental leave
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The company is developing the Terran R vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit.