{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1b429eaec7b5a8a93daab734","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1b429eaec7b5a8a93daab734","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1b429eaec7b5a8a93daab734","title":"Senior Vehicle Structures Engineer","description":"At Relativity Space, we're building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that's just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known. Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven't been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you're in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you'll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we're writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it's early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.\nAbout the Team: The Structures and Mechanisms team is responsible for the full design, build, and test lifecycle of Terran R's integrated structures and flight mechanisms. Whether you're working on highly iterative mechanisms that move or tight-margin structures that shouldn't, you'll get hands‑on hardware ownership and see the rocket coming to life on the factory floor. Both teams fall under one department, sharing design principles, tools, and an integrated approach that provides a comprehensive view of Terran R. Team members work on multiple parts, not just within a single subsystem, and are empowered to make decisions that directly impact flight hardware. Beyond first flight, you'll play a critical role in refining for manufacturability and speed.\nAbout the Role: The scope of work encompasses a full design cycle, including conceptualization, design, analysis, manufacturing and testing for primary and secondary structures related to Thrust Structure, Propellant Tanks, Interstage or Fairing, to name a few. You will need to think creatively and leverage innovation to reduce mass, parts, processes and tooling required.\nYour responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following: Innovative conceptualization of structural load path, design for complex structures and adjacent system packaging\nReview of static & dynamic load inputs, material properties & test as well as structural systems & subsystems requirements\nAnalysis and sizing of flight structures to ensure timely design reviews and drawing release\nDevelop and support hardware test campaigns, including test integration, operation and result evaluation\nSupport manufacturing process development\nAbout You: 5+ years of experience in a design engineering role\nBachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline\nExperience with industry-standard CAD packages such as NX, Creo, or Solidworks\nWorking knowledge of structural analysis (hand calculation, Finite Elements Methods and industry tools) and test\n1+ years of experience working on structures strengths\nNice to haves but not required: 5+ years of mechanical or structural design & analysis experience\nExperience with NX/TeamCenter\nExperience using Nastran and ANSYS\nExperience with GD&T and drafting\nAt 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.\nCompensation 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.\nHiring Range: $132,000 - $198,000 USD\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. 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