Senior Mission Reliability Engineer

About the Team:

Relativity’s Integrated Performance teams ensure that our products work across all systems and disciplines, from trajectory design to aerodynamics to reliability analysis and beyond. Our groups size the Terran R rocket, design its missions for customer success, reliability, and reusability, and ensure that every system on the rocket and ground is engineered correctly for the demanding environments of launch and entry. Recently, we completed the preliminary design and analysis of Terran R including Relativity’s first-ever work on launch vehicle reusability, spanning advanced trajectory simulations, wind tunnel testing, and structures analysis, among many other projects.

The Mission Reliability team is responsible for ensuring that Relativity’s rockets are designed, built, and operated with the highest level of engineering rigor. As a part of this team, you will work across every function at the company to execute analysis, drive vehicle architecture decisions, and implement robust technical and programmatic solutions for the Terran R launch vehicle that will be critical for overall mission success.

About the Role:

As a Mission Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for working across all engineering disciplines to tackle the most challenging issues that Relativity faces throughout design, build, test, and launch operations.

• Perform independent assessments of subsystem and system designs to develop understanding of vulnerabilities and associated risk
• Drive architectural decision making across engineering functions to improve vehicle reliability
• Identify technical deficiencies across the program and implement solutions to mitigate excess risk incurred during design, build, and test
• Lead root cause investigations of significant anomalies during test/launch operations and drive corrective actions
• Develop processes and tools to assess manufacturing issues, manage technical risk, and evaluate changes to vehicle configuration

About You:

• An undergraduate degree in engineering or related field
• 5+ years of full-time experience with engineering problem solving in design, analysis, or test of systems
• Knowledge of complex aerospace hardware and processes related to manufacturing, integration, testing or launch operations
• Full product life cycle experience with a launch vehicle or spacecraft
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with proven ability to rapidly resolve interdisciplinary issues

Nice to Haves, but Not Required:

• Experience with Mission Assurance, Reliability Analysis, or Systems Safety
• Direct hands-on experience in the rocket integration and launch operations
• Experience with anomaly resolution, corrective actions, and lessons learned databases
• Experience with engineering risk management, engineering configuration, and change management
• Interpersonal skills to interact with both internal and external groups to overcome associated constraints
• Self-starter and willing to continuously learn new skills to drive the process and technology throughout hardware development and testing