Senior Mechanical Engineer

The role

You will be responsible for the hardware design and implementation of hardware into vehicle fluid systems for the Terran R launch vehicle. Tasks include designing pressure components and conducting fluid, thermal, and structural analysis.

What you will do

• Design and analysis of clean sheet of pressure components for launch vehicle fluid and propulsion systems
• Detailed fluid, thermal, and structural analysis of piece parts and assemblies
• Development and qualification test planning and execution of internally developed components
• Conducting trade studies to produce architectures and designs that satisfy system requirements

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Mechanical Engineering or relevant)
• 5+ years of experience working with fluids system component design
• Direct experience applying engineering fundamentals in thermodynamics, structures, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer
• Experience with CFD and FEA tools (ANSYS)
• Experience with a commercial CAD package (NX, CREO, Solidworks)
• Experience designing fluid system pressure components (fittings, seals, valves, regulators, etc.) and qualifying them for aerospace applications
• Experience with FEA (ie. ANSYS, FEMAP) tools to analyze component structural margins

Nice to have

• Experience with internal flow CFD to assess component performance

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.