
Lead, Engine Systems Design & Analysis Engineering
Ready to Apply?
This will take you to Relativity Space's application page
Job Description
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. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
About the Role:
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in a science, engineering, technology, or mathematics field
- 5+ years of experience with fluid systems design and/or structural design
- Experience in mentoring and demonstrated leadership skills
- Experience with computer aided design software
- Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and commercial tools such as Ansys, Abaqus, or Nastran
- Experience applying fluid, thermal, structural, and mechanical design fundamentals
- Experience in leading teams
- Experience in the design of liquid propulsion components and systems
- Experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter, specifically
- Experience with large CAD model management, change management, and configuration management
- Familiarity with aerospace standards (AS, NAS, SAE, etc.)
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
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.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
Job Details
- Department
- Mechanical
- Category
- Mechanical
- Location
- Long Beach, California
- Last updated
- Dec 17, 2025, 05:18 PM
About Relativity Space
Part of the growing space industry ecosystem pushing humanity toward interplanetary exploration.
More Roles at Relativity Space
- →
Senior Integration Technician, First Shift
Long Beach, California • 13 days ago
- →
Manufacturing Engineer II
Long Beach, California • 13 days ago
- →
Master NDE Inspector, RT (2nd Shift)
Long Beach, California • 13 days ago
- →
NDE Engineer II, Additive Manufacturing
Long Beach, California • 13 days ago
- →
Reception Coordinator II
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi • 13 days ago
Similar Mechanical Roles
- →
Spacecraft Structural Analysis Engineer II/ Senior Spacecraft Structural Analysis Engineer I PIPELINE
Rocket Lab • Long Beach, CA • 21 days ago
- →
Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer II/ Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer I Pipeline
Rocket Lab • Long Beach, CA • 21 days ago
- →
Structures Technician (Transfer Tube Production) - 2nd Shift
SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA • 22 hours ago
Found this role interesting?