Manager, Vehicle Structures Engineering
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Job Description
About the Team:
The Structures and Mechanisms team is responsible for the full design, build, and test lifecycle of Terran R's integrated structures and flight mechanisms. Whether you're working on highly iterative mechanisms that move or tight-margin structures that shouldn't, you'll get hands-on hardware ownership and see the rocket coming to life on the factory floor. Both teams fall under one department, sharing design principles, tools, and an integrated approach that provides a comprehensive view of Terran R. Team members work on multiple parts, not just within a single subsystem, and are empowered to make decisions that directly impact flight hardware. Beyond first flight, you'll play a critical role in refining for manufacturability and speed.
About the Role:
Serve as technical authority for structures design in collaboration with Relativity's engineering leadership
Hire, train, guide and mentor structures & design engineers to be efficient, hardware-focused, collaborative, and technically rigorous
Innovative conceptualization of structural load path, design of complex structures, definition of system packaging, guidance of test campaigns as well as support of manufacturing processes
Review of static & dynamic load inputs, material properties, and additive process features development, along with establishing structural systems & subsystems requirements
About You:
- Undergraduate degree in engineering or related field
- 3+ years of technical leadership, hiring and performance management experience
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability and success in delivering complex products on time and budget with minimal guidance
- Fundamental knowledge of structures design, analysis, manufacturing and testing
Nice to haves but not required:
- 5+ years of technical leadership, hiring and performance management experience
- Experience in a startup or fast pace development environment
- Strong problem solver with great organization skills
- Experience with NX, Teamcenter, Ansys and Femap
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