# Lead, Structural Analysis Engineering (Stress, Fatigue & Damage Tolerance)

Hiring organization: [Relativity Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/relativity-space)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/79aab11b-961f-43ba-8a0f-546a5672c549

Listed on Relativity Space's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 136000 – 204000 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads structural analysis for Relativity Space's Terran R rocket, managing the strength, fatigue, and durability of flight hardware from design through operations. It suits experienced structural engineers with aerospace expertise who want to mentor analysts, own critical hardware decisions, and work across teams to build reusable launch vehicles.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

Abaqus, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), MATLAB, Python

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline
- 5+ years of structural analysis, fatigue and damage tolerance, or structural life assessment experience
- Team leadership experience (formal or informal)
- Static stress analysis expertise
- Structural mechanics knowledge
- Fatigue and fracture mechanics knowledge
- Understanding of structural failure modes in aerospace hardware
- Proficiency with Nastran or Abaqus
- Experience with Femap or similar pre/post-processing environments
- Proficiency with NASGRO or AFGROW
- Experience converting time-domain or spectral loads into fatigue damage predictions
- Python or MATLAB scripting ability
- Ability to independently scope, execute, review, and defend structural analyses

## Nice to have

- Master's or PhD in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
- Launch vehicle or reusable aerospace systems experience
- Flight-critical hardware experience
- Additive manufacturing structural analysis and fatigue characterization
- Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics (EPFM) familiarity
- Experience correlating structural, fatigue, or fracture predictions with test or flight data
- Prior experience defining structural design allowables or durability standards for aerospace systems

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8468809002?gh_jid=8468809002