Relativity Space
Senior Structures Engineer
$132K–$198K
Long Beach, California +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Mar 16, 2026
- Location
- Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Owns the design, analysis, fabrication, integration, and verification of spacecraft structures from concept through flight.
What you'll do
- Lead structural design, development, and analysis, including structural and dynamic analysis.
- Create manufacturing drawings and coordinate subsystem integration, fabrication, assembly, and supplier activities.
- Plan and conduct environmental and load testing, flight verification, and hardware acceptance testing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience designing, analyzing, and delivering aerospace primary or secondary structures.
- Demonstrated ability to take structural systems from blank-sheet concept through qualification and flight.
- Proficiency in CAD and structural analysis tools; hands-on experience with metallic structural design, GD&T, drawing creation, integration, and testing.
Nice to have
- Direct technical experience with interplanetary spacecraft design or avionics enclosures.
- Familiarity with NASA or other spaceflight structural design and verification standards, or spaceflight hardware environmental testing and qualification.
Pay
$132,000 — $198,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
CAD, FEA, GD&T
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