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Salary: USD 164,000 - 246,000 / annual
Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting growing demand for launch capacity. The company is developing a rocket, factory, and business from the ground up, with a culture emphasizing autonomy, ownership, and impact at every level.
The Propulsion team focuses on developing and delivering highly performant and manufacturable engines for Terran R. Engineers own the entire lifecycle of their parts, from initial design through production to qualification and flight. The team fosters bottoms-up decision-making and accountability at all levels. As the flight configuration enters qualification, the team is exploring modifications for future engines, including thrust upgrades, new cycles, and design for mass production.
In this Staff-level role, you will drive engine system architecture and concept of operations (CONOPS) trades, manage engine interfaces, and negotiate requirements to optimize for the vehicle. You will support engine system development overall, which may include engine system analysis and simulation, engine testing, tool development, and related work. At the system level, you are expected to coordinate and facilitate amongst technical teams while bringing deep technical acumen to bear on highly technical problems.
You should be capable of leading collaborative projects to completion with minimal oversight and be a self-starter always looking to improve and learn about interfacing systems. This role requires approximately 15% travel to test and launch sites and may occasionally require shifted schedules or weekend work for critical milestones.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, technology, or mathematics
- 8+ years of relevant experience, preferably in complex engineering system development and/or test environment
- Experience applying engineering fundamentals in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics
- Working knowledge of liquid-propellant rocket engines
- Clear evidence of ownership, problem-solving skills, and effective team collaboration from school or work experience
- Demonstrated drive to deliver on ambitious schedules, even with unconventional and creative solutions
NICE TO HAVES:
- Working knowledge of fluid components such as valves and instrumentation
- Working knowledge of engine subsystems such as combustion devices and turbomachinery
