Sr. Ground Systems Engineer
Company Overview:
Relativity is the first and only company to automate aerospace manufacturing by integrating intelligent robotics, software, and proprietary metal 3D printing technology. Disrupting 60 years of aerospace, Relativity offers a radically simplified supply chain, building a rocket with 100x fewer parts in less than 60 days. Our long-term goal is to upgrade humanity’s industrial base on Earth and on Mars.
Team:
The Stennis team at Relativity Space is responsible for designing, building, and operating world-class test stands to support the Terran 1 and Terran R stages, engines, and propulsion components. As part of this team, you will help build and operate massive outdoor test stands at the historic Stennis Space Center on the Gulf Coast, the largest rocket engine test complex in the country. Unique to this location, you will have the opportunity to get hands-on the fully integrated engine and stage assemblies, push the hardware to the limits, and witness rocket engines firing up close and personal! This team is critical to the launch success of Terran 1, continued development of Terran R, among many other firsts! Check out this video to learn more about the Stennis test team.
What you’ll do:
As a Ground System Engineer at Relativity, you will be responsible for design, fabrication, and modification of test stands for our Terran 1 and Terran R engines and stages. Engineers at our Stennis facility have the opportunity to work on both greenfield and brownfield work and are engaged directly with construction and maintenance activities in the field.
- Design advanced propulsion test stands, including 3D modeling, fluids and structural analysis, fabrication drawings, fluids P&IDs, component lists, and detailed work instructions
- Supervise the construction, commissioning, and initial operations of these facilities
- Solve a variety of technical challenges, across broad ranges of timeframe, complexity, cost, and long-term impact
- Support operations on and perform related improvements to existing test stands
- Potentially travel to production and launch locations
What you need to know:
Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field and minimum 7+ years of combined engineering experience is required.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and intense startup environment
- Experience with 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Ability to develop and review complex fluid P&IDs
- Knowledge of common fluid & structural components and instrumentation, such as valves, regulators, hydraulic actuators, pressure transducers, thermocouples, flow meters, accelerometers, strain gauges, load cells
- Experience designing, fabricating, and operating complex fluid systems
- Ownership of propulsion or structural test related projects including design, analysis, construction, and commissioning from beginning to end
- In depth knowledge of manufacturing processes, material selection, inspection, precision measurement, and non-destructive testing
- Hands-on experience, particularly with common power tools, air tools, metalworking, welding, plumbing, hydraulics, manufacturing equipment, etc.
- This position will require occasional night shifts
Nice to have but not required:
- Proficiency in 3D modeling and drafting, including GD&T
- Experience with FEA or CFD
Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous vacation policy, an annual L&D stipend and more!
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.