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Manager, Loads & Dynamics

Relativity Space is building Terran R, an orbital launch vehicle, and is seeking an experienced Manager for Loads & Dynamics to be the company technical authority on dynamic analysis, loads, and certification. The role requires leading Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA) efforts, owning requirements and verification, developing analysis tooling and roadmaps, and hiring and mentoring a team that collaborates across aerodynamics, GNC, propulsion, structures, and avionics to deliver robust hardware-ready results.

Skills

  • Hands-on experience performing and delivering Coupled Loads Analysis and dynamic response studies
  • Proven ability to take projects from concept through V&V and certification on vehicle programs
  • Experience with testing, instrumentation, telemetry, and flight/ground data analysis
  • Strong program execution skills: structuring, negotiating, and delivering complex analysis projects to hardware teams and authorities
  • Familiarity with analysis tooling, automation workflows, and commercial/custom software integration
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration with aerodynamics, GNC, propulsion, structures, and avionics
  • Leadership experience hiring, coaching, and managing technical analysts

Responsibilities

  • Serve as company technical authority for Loads & Dynamics: own requirements, decisions, risks, verification activities, and certification interfaces
  • Lead development, execution, delivery, and validation of Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA) and related dynamic analyses, including tooling and automation
  • Establish and execute multi-year roadmaps for analysis, testing, and tool development in partnership with engineering leadership
  • Drive system- and operations-level design tradeoffs to meet loads/dynamics criteria and improve performance, reliability, and simplicity
  • Collaborate closely with Aerodynamics, GNC, Propulsion, Structures, and Avionics to balance hardware needs with updated modeling and analysis
  • Oversee testing, instrumentation planning, data collection, and post-test data analysis to validate models and close verification
  • Hire, train, mentor, and manage analysts to produce hardware-focused, collaborative, and technically rigorous work products
  • Represent Loads & Dynamics with customers, range authorities, and certification stakeholders as needed

Education

  • Undergraduate degree in engineering or a related technical field required (BS or equivalent)
  • Graduate degree (MS) in engineering or related field is a plus/desired

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and equity package
  • Generous PTO and sick leave policy
  • Parental leave
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Standard company benefits (health, dental, vision) and other employee perks (see company benefits page)
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We are building the future of aerospace. A rocket company at the core, Relativity Space is on a mission to become the next great commercial launch company. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable launch vehicle, will reliably deliver payloads...

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