Staff Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer (Product)

The role

You will be responsible for the fluid system architecture and function for a given vehicle product line. You will guide hardware design, system analysis, manufacturing, validation and operations using expertise in system architecture and fluid thermodynamics.

What you will do

• Own the integrated stage-level fluid architecture and schematics
• Lead cross-functional interface definitions and negotiations with partner vehicle teams
• Assist with sizing and fluid 1D steady-state thermofluids analysis
• Define development, qualification, and acceptance testing scopes
• Participate in concept of Operations (CONOPS) development and operation data review

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Mechanical Engineering or relevant)
• 7+ years of experience working with complex fluids systems
• Strong background in fluid system architecture, operations and application of engineering fundamentals in system design, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer
• Proficient with one or more fluid or thermal modeling tools for internal compressible and incompressible fluid analysis
• Experience using programming languages such as Matlab, Python, or C++ for data analysis or modeling
• Direct experience designing or operating launch vehicle or spacecraft fluid or propulsion systems

Nice to have

• Experience with certification of a vehicle fluid system for NSSL and/or range certification

Benefits

• competitive salary
• 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.