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Relativity Space · 2 days ago

Sr Aerothermal Engineer

Long Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$142K/yr - $182K/yr

5+ years exp

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Sr Aerothermal Engineer will develop and execute computational fluid dynamics analyses, drive the design of major system elements, and guide hardware engineers to ensure aerothermal requirements are met.

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Responsibilities

Develop and execute computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses to solve novel challenges in vehicle entry heating and supersonic retropropulsion

Drive the design of major Terran R system elements – like fins, flaps, heat shields, and primary structure – to meet criteria for temperature and heating

Guide and mentor responsible hardware engineers to ensure hardware meets aerothermal requirements

Scope and develop aerothermal databases for ascent and entry, including uncertainty quantification, from multiple sources like CFD, empirical methods, and wind tunnel testing

Size thermal protection systems (TPS) for flight

Support re-usable TPS material development and testing

Mature Relativity’s tools for developing and communicating aerothermal data, including custom and commercial code, databases, and data processing tools

Qualification

Computational Fluid DynamicsThermal AnalysisCompressible FlowPythonCFD ToolsThermal Protection SystemsCross-disciplinary DesignData Processing ToolsMentoringProject Management