About the Team:  

The Structures team at Relativity is responsible for the design, analysis, testing, and manufacturing our launch vehicle integrated structures, as well as flight mechanisms. As a part of this team, you will be given hardware ownership for the full product lifecycle, and get the opportunity to conveniently validate your hardware through testing at our factory of the future, headquartered in Long Beach, CA. Unique to Relativity, you will get to work across many teams to develop world-class integrated launch vehicles. Overall, this team was critical to the launch success of Terran 1 and is now playing a key role in the development and execution of the Terran R program.

About the Role: 

This role will be responsible for mass properties management, accounting, and reporting for the Terran R vehicle. As part of the Structures and Mechanisms team this critical role will work closely with fluids, avionics, GNCP, and manufacturing teams to help the program meet its payload performance goals.

Example responsibilities include:

• Mass management through the development lifecycle of the Terran R launch vehicle
• Maintain vehicle mass properties database
• Partner with cross-functional teams of structures, fluids, and avionics engineers to develop and document mass properties
• Drive teams to meet mass budget expectations and fulfill performance requirements
• Support development of mass budgets and mass uncertainties for vehicle subsystems and components
• Support development of launch vehicle performance reports
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and drive implementation of mass reduction opportunities across the vehicle
• Develop and implement mass property verification plans, including measurement of weight and center of gravity of critical components and
  subassemblies
• Continually innovate the mass reporting system, including leveraging new tools and improving collaborative processes

About You:  

• An undergraduate degree in engineering or related field and 5+ years of experience in a hardware engineering role
• Experience with computer-aided design tools (NX, SolidWorks, Creo, CATIA, etc.) and PML systems (Teamcenter, etc.)
• Demonstrated drive to deliver on ambitious schedules, especially via unconventional & creative solutions
• Experience with Microsoft Excel to distill down large amounts of data into shareable, consumable reports

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience in mass properties engineering with aerospace products and familiarity with AIAA-S-120 or similar standards
• Experience working in context of very large assemblies (BOM management, representing design maturities, validating system completeness)
• Experience leveraging automated mass reporting software tools