Senior Structures Test Engineer

About Relativity Space Relativity Space is on a mission to make access to space more reliable and routine. Our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, Terran R, 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.

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relativityspace.com

1,001-5,000 employees

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

Long Beach, CA

2016

Privately Held

239k LinkedIn followers

Raised $1.4B

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 5+ years of professional experience designing, analyzing, fabricating, commissioning, or operating mechanical, structural, or test systems.
• Experience applying engineering principles throughout the design lifecycle, including requirements development, design, analysis, fabrication, commissioning, and/or operation of physical hardware.
• Experience with 3D modeling and engineering drafting, including GD&T, and experience collaborating across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Working knowledge of structural analysis and test (from hand calculations to advanced analysis)
• Fundamental knowledge of structures strength, stability and fatigue failure mechanisms, as well as additive and traditional manufacturing processes

Preferred

• Experience across both structural engineering and fluid systems, including test stands, hydraulic, pneumatic, cryogenic, pressure, or process fluid systems.
• Experience with ASME B31.3, ASME BPVC, or similar industry codes and standards applicable to pressure systems or process piping.
• Experience with advanced finite element analysis, including nonlinear analysis or dynamic loading, using NASTRAN, ANSYS, or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with welding, machining, metalworking, hydraulics, piping, manufacturing, commissioning, or test operations.
• Experience developing engineering standards, design practices, technical review processes, or automated engineering workflows using Python, VBA, or similar tools.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering projects and test operations in manufacturing, factory, laboratory, or industrial environments, including work that may require elevated work areas, confined spaces, or occasional off-hours testing.
• At 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.
• Compensation 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.
• Hiring Range
• $124,000—$186,000 USD

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• Generous PTO
• Sick leave
• Parental leave
• Annual learning and development stipend