Vehicle Engineer Intern

Company Overview:

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About the Team:

The Vehicle Engineering team at Relativity Space owns the design, analysis, and testing of our launch vehicle including primary and secondary structures (thrust structure, tanks, interstage, and fairing), mechanisms like the grid fins and landing legs, and fluids systems that feed the engines. As a part of this team, you will be given the opportunity to design hardware and conduct tests at our headquarters in Long Beach, CA. Unique to Relativity, you will get to work across many teams to develop world class launch vehicles.

Your application will be reviewed, and if you are chosen to move forward, you will interview with Engineers at Relativity Space. If you are selected for the internship program, you will be placed in one of the below specialized teams:

• Structures
• Mechanisms
• Fluids

Past intern projects (just a few examples!)

• Lead the design and pressure test planning for our 3D printed domes
• Designed a Brushless DC Servo-Motor
• Developed and executed a test plan for flight hardware, such as a quick disconnect mechanism
• Wrote scripts in python to automate structural test data review and calibration processes
• Created a python generated report of the stage fluids systems
• Completed initial designs of the Terran R raceway lines
• Owned the full-scale separation test for our first nosecone designed to deploy a payload
• Designed flight hardware to support payload instrumentation
• Designed development prints and concepts for attaching Terran R secondary structure to the primary structure

Skills/Competencies we're looking for:

• Current undergraduate or graduate student earning your degree in aerospace, mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering.
• 1+ years relevant internship experience preferred, not required
• Interest in typical manufacturing execution systems and quality management systems.
• To be successful in this role, you need to be able to thrive in ambiguity, identify problems and quickly resolve them, and provide definition to the previously undefined.
• You will need to balance a scrappy, get-it-done attitude with a vision for the long-term processes required for scaling and efficiency!

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.

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.

Hiring Range:

$31—$35 USD