Senior Composite Structures Engineer

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. Launching Terran R unlocks new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation.

The Structures and Mechanisms team is responsible for the full design, build, and test lifecycle of Terran R’s integrated structures and flight mechanisms. Team members work on multiple parts, share design principles, and are empowered to make decisions that directly impact flight hardware.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Innovative conceptualization of structural load path, design for complex structures and adjacent system packaging.
• Review of static & dynamic load inputs, material properties & test, as well as structural systems & subsystems requirements.
• Analysis and sizing of flight structures to ensure timely design reviews and drawing release.
• Develop and support hardware test campaigns, including test integration, operation and result evaluation.

In order to be successful, you should be self‑motivated, adaptable, and able to lead your own projects in a fast‑paced environment. You should have significant mechanical or structural design experience and a proven track record completing collaborative projects effectively.

• 5+ years of experience in a design engineering role.
• 2+ years of experience in design, analysis, fabrication, and development of aerospace composite structures.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with industry‑standard CAD packages such as NX, Creo, or Solidworks.
• Working knowledge of structural analysis (hand calculations, finite element methods, industry‑standard tools) and testing.
• Experience with Nastran and ANSYS, and the ability to use GD&T and drafting practices.
• Experience in composite manufacturing processes and inspection methods.

• Experience with out‑of‑autoclave and autoclave cured structures.
• Experience using NX/Team Center.

Hiring range: $142,000 – $181,500 USD, plus equity, PTO, and other benefits. For further details view the benefits portal.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.