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

Provide technical leadership across static stress, fatigue, fracture mechanics, and durability assessments

Stress & Structural Analysis

Perform and review static and dynamic stress analyses for metallic and additively manufactured structures

Develop and maintain finite element models using tools such as Nastran and Abaqus with pre/post environments such as Femap

Evaluate structural margins including yield, ultimate strength, buckling, thermal stress, and dynamic response

Support structural sizing and optimization of primary load-bearing structures

$136,000

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$187,000 USD

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As a Structural Analysis Lead, you will provide technical leadership for the structural integrity, strength, durability, and life management of flight hardware across the vehicle.

You will be responsible for defining and executing structural analysis strategies spanning static strength, fatigue and damage tolerance, fracture mechanics, and structural dynamics.

In this role, you will guide the development, verification, and certification of primary and secondary structures from early design through flight operations.

You will work closely with design, materials, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure structurally robust designs that meet performance, reliability, and reusability requirements.

Structural Analysis Leadership

Lead structural analysis activities for major vehicle structures across component, subsystem, and vehicle levels

The Integrated Performance team owns the holistic view of how Terran R comes together, ensuring that every system on the vehicle and ground is capable of achieving ambitious performance, reliability, and reusability goals. The team works across the full launch system—from trajectory design and aerodynamics to reliability analysis and post-flight data review—with technical leadership influence across the entire product lifecycle. Beyond analysis, team members engage hands-on with hardware, testing, and operations, with the authority to lead and drive meaningful programmatic change.

The Integrated Analysis group accelerates Relativity’s hardware engineering through advanced analysis, life prediction, and modern tools. The team enables robust, lightweight, and reusable structures by leading the integration of fatigue, fracture, durability, and inspection considerations early in design and throughout vehicle maturation.