Job facts
- Location
- Long Beach, California
- Department
- Propulsion Engineering
- Posted
- Apr 30, 2026
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Lead Propulsion Engineer, Integrated Design @
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
About the Role:
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in a science, engineering, technology, or mathematics field
- 5+ years of experience with fluid systems design and/or structural design
- Experience in mentoring and demonstrated leadership skills
- Experience with computer aided design software
- Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and commercial tools such as Ansys, Abaqus, or Nastran
- Experience applying fluid, thermal, structural, and mechanical design fundamentals
- Experience in leading teams
- Experience in the design of liquid propulsion components and systems
- Experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter, specifically
- Experience with large CAD model management, change management, and configuration management
- Familiarity with aerospace standards (AS, NAS, SAE, etc.)
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency
and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be
determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related
factors.
Compensation is only one
part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary
and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual
learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits
& perks we offer, please visit here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at accommodations@relativityspace.com.