Vehicle Structures Engineer II (Soft Goods)

The role

You will bring critical flight structures and supporting components from design concept to physical hardware. This includes conceptualization, design, analysis, manufacturing, and testing for primary and secondary structures associated with the Terran R Base Heat Shield.

What you will do

• Design OML Skins, Base Panels, High Temperature Seals, and internal supporting structures
• Review static and dynamic load inputs, material properties, test, and structural requirements
• Analyze and size flight structures for design reviews and drawing release
• Develop and support hardware test campaigns including integration, operation, and result evaluation
• Support manufacturing process development including tools or fixtures design or analysis
• Design flight or ground components using NX/TeamCenter
• Perform analysis using ANSA/META, ANSYS and/or hand calculations
• Create and release drawings
• Support fabrication of components
• Document work and move forward recommendations

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a full cycle design engineering role iterating aerospace structures
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline
• Demonstrated knowledge of structural analysis and test
• Demonstrated knowledge of structures strength, stability and fatigue failure mechanisms
• Demonstrated knowledge of additive and traditional manufacturing processes

Nice to have

• 3+ years of aerospace experience
• An advance engineering degree
• Experience with NX/TeamCenter
• Experience using Abaqus (ANSA/META) and ANSYS

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.