Senior Structural Analysis Engineer, Tools & Methods jobs in United States
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Relativity Space · 1 week ago

Senior Structural Analysis Engineer, Tools & Methods

positionLong Beach, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$138K/yr - $178K/yr
date5+ years exp

Relativity Space is building rockets to meet today's needs and drive future breakthroughs. The Senior Structural Analysis Engineer will mature the structures analysis processes and develop tools for complex structures analyses across hardware teams, ensuring robust and flight-ready hardware is delivered to the launch pad.

3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Mature Relativity’s structures analysis processes, including custom and commercial tool selection and implementation, workflow automation, methodology development, and data and results processing, storage, and communication
Develop intuitive interfaces for hand calculations, linear/nonlinear FEA, and test data, gathering families of data across test and analysis cycles, comparing data against predictions, etc
Work closely with dynamics and other disciplines to develop tools for load combination and interdisciplinary environments mapping
Integrate processing and analysis tools written by structures engineers into larger organizational software frameworks
Develop front-end interactive visuals for mapping data and analysis outputs through vehicle locations, flight timelines, etc

Qualification

Numerical analysisTool developmentPythonFinite Element Analysis (FEA)Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Data handlingInterdisciplinary collaborationData visualizationProject management

Required

Undergraduate degree in engineering or related field
5+ years experience in numerical analysis and tool development, preferably for FEA, CFD, or finite volume thermal analysis
2+ years of experience software development in a data handling/interdisciplinary environment
Experience solving complex problems on integrated vehicles
Experience structuring, negotiating, executing, and delivering complex tools and methods projects from start to finish
Proficiency in Python and version control systems (e.g., git)

Preferred

Graduate degree in engineering or related field
8+ years relevant experience
Experience managing and developing analysis toolsets and workflows across in-house and commercial software
Experience developing and managing robust data pipelines (storage backends, processing, front ends / GUIs)
Familiarity with classical aerospace sizing methods (Timoshenko, Bruhn, Roark, etc)
Expertise in multiple technical domains (e.g. structural and thermal)
Familiarity with fatigue and damage tolerance analysis

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity
Generous PTO and sick leave policy
Parental leave
Annual learning and development stipend
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Company

Relativity Space

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Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets.
dateFounded in 2015
location
Long Beach, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
http://relativityspace.com

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.36B
Key Investors
FidelityTiger Global ManagementPlayground Global
2023-11-15Series F· $20M
2022-02-03Secondary Market
2021-06-08Series E· $650M

Leadership Team

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Eric Schmidt
Chair and CEO
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David Giger
VP of Engineering
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