Relativity Space
Staff Mechanisms Engineer
$164K–$246K
Long Beach, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; 10+ years of aerospace experience is a nice-to-have.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline; an advanced engineering degree is a nice-to-have.
About the job
Lead the full design, analysis, manufacturing, and testing lifecycle for Terran R flight mechanisms, collaborating across teams and applying additive manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Design and test mechanisms such as stage separation, payload deployment, aero control features, and landing gear.
- Define design criteria and subsystem requirements; review loads, materials, and manufacturing processes and conduct design trade studies.
- Integrate mechanisms with vehicle subsystems and support additive manufacturing and production development.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 8+ years of full-cycle design engineering experience, including CAD, analysis, build, and test.
- Fundamental knowledge of kinematic synthesis, pneumatic/hydraulic actuation, mechatronics, instrumentation, and structural strength, stability, and fatigue.
- Hands-on hardware build experience and demonstrated technical problem-solving.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of aerospace experience or an advanced engineering degree; experience with launch vehicle mechanisms and multi-body dynamics analysis.
- Experience with NX, TeamCenter, Ansys, Femap, Python, or MATLAB; hands-on fabrication or prototyping.
Pay
$164,000 — $246,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NX, TeamCenter, Ansys, Femap, Python, MATLAB
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