Launch Fluids Engineer I

At Relativity Space, we're building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting growing demand for launch capacity. Commercial success with Terran R will also open new opportunities in science, exploration, and innovation.

Relativity is a place where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. You will solve problems that have not been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you work in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you will collaborate across teams and see your work come to life quickly.

About the Team

The launch team works across every major part of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape offers exposure and responsibility that is hard to find elsewhere in the program, and it is where first flights happen.

About the Role

• Responsible for the design, fabrication, operation, and maintenance of the launch pad and support facilities for Terran R
• Design launch pad propellant and gas infrastructure, including fluid system design, modeling, pipe stress analysis, fabrication drawings, process and instrumentation diagrams, component lists, and detailed work instructions
• Supervise construction, activation, commissioning, and initial operations of these facilities
• Solve technically challenging problems across a range of disciplines under changing program pressures

About You

• Experience in thermal and fluid analyses
• General experience with fluid components such as valves, regulators, and instrumentation

Nice to Haves (Not Required)

• Experience safely operating complex fluid systems, including high pressure gas, cryogenic fluids, flammable liquids and gases, and hydraulics
• General knowledge of launch vehicle ground support equipment and operations, including cryogenic tanks, pumps, valves, instrumentation, or related experience
• Fundamental understanding of ANSYS and other piping analysis software (Caesar, Bentley Autopipe, etc.)
• Experience working with DOD, USAF, and NASA personnel
• Able to work in high pressure environments and meet aggressive deadlines
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills, with customer service excellence and effective verbal and written communication with internal and external customers

Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Cape Canaveral, Florida.