Relativity Space
Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer II
$104K–$156K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience working with fluids systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree (Mechanical Engineering or relevant).
About the job
Owns the architecture, analysis, design, validation, and operational support of a vehicle fluid subsystem for Terran R.
What you'll do
- Own subsystem architecture and schematics, including control schemes and component selection and sizing.
- Perform fluid and thermal analyses and lead or participate in system and hardware design and manufacturing reviews.
- Define and support test campaigns, including integrated vehicle testing and launch.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a relevant field.
- Experience applying engineering fundamentals in system design, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer.
- Experience with one or more fluid or thermal modeling tools for internal compressible and incompressible analysis.
- Proficiency in Python or a similar programming language for scientific computing and automated test/simulation data analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with launch vehicles and spacecraft.
Pay
$104,000 — $156,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python
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