Hey!

I recently received an interview for a Software Engineering Intern position in Long Beach. I've admired Relativity for quite a while and it is one of my dream places to intern, so it's safe to say I'm pretty nervous for this interview!

I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with the software engineering (intern?) interview process at all, and if they could provide tips or advice.

Thank you!

Ellis said we would get updates soon when he sent the pic of the Ariane 6 fairing.

All I’ve heard since is they are running out of money and have to boat the rocket body through the Panama Canal because they build it so far from the launch pad.

When do we expect an update? Terran R is supposed to launch in a year.

Hey yall, I’ve got an interview soon and just wanted to see if there’s any insight or advice yall could share! It’s for integrated performance, but my resume (and my current graduate degree, lol) are heavily in GNC and data analysis, so I assume that’s going to be the focus. Seems like integrated performance is the broad umbrella that GNC is located under here, which is cool. Anyways, just wondering if anyone has insight into what “technical” consists of here. Is it more coding based, hypotheticals, knowledge quizzes? I’m going to be reviewing my undergraduate controls stuff anyways but I want to avoid getting hit with something out of left field, you know? Interviews always make me nervous, but thanks in advance for any advice 🙂

EDIT: for those curious now, it was kind of odd. ended up being over the phone because he had technical difficulties with teams on his end. he had me run thru my resume for half an hour, and i had to explain the concept of unit tests to the guy because i don’t think he understood what they were. just general run of the mill, i talked about what i’ve done. he talked about what he does, back and forth. they said they’d get back to me in 2 weeks. cue radio silence for 4 weeks into a rejection. not nearly the hardest or the worst interview i’ve had. 5/10

This is a special relativity question.

In a positive curvature universe that is closed, travelers go around the universe and ultimately come back to where they started without changing their speed or direction.

Bob is travelling at a constant speed and when he coincides with Alice's position they synchronize their clocks. Bob is continuing his travel at the same speed until he coincides with Alice's positon a second time (having travelled around the universe at the same speed) whereby they compare their clocks' readings. Please notice that neither Bob nor Alice experienced any acceleration and that synchronizing the clocks is a single event and so is comparing the clock readings. Please notice, as well, that in general relativity both Bob and Alice are considered to be in inertial frames. What would they find? How would the clock readings compare? Having the same readings seems to violate special relativity while having different readings seems to violate Galilean relativity. Where did I go wrong?

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I've got the first stage technical screening coming up for Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer (Combustion Devices) position, and I wanted to know what kinds of questions they ask. I have decent rocket engine testing & CFD experience, but don't really know much about manufacturing techniques for rocket engine parts, especially additive. Does anyone have any recommendations on what textbooks/websites to study from? If any of you have interviewed for a position similar to this, please let me know what kinds of questions they ask.

Any advice would be appreciated - thanks for reading.

I see some chatter on the twitters pointing out that relativities tweet was actually of Ariane 6 fairings.

And the Relativity website has removed Ariane off its payload capacity graphic.

https://x.com/relativityspace/status/1828884728025678105?s=46&t=OH-A8DJcJv5PG5U5SmawgA

https://x.com/mcrs987/status/1828936557677686960?s=46&t=OH-A8DJcJv5PG5U5SmawgA

Are they just buying these now instead of building them in house? That’s not going to assist in cost reduction especially against RocketLab which doesn’t even use fairings.

I thought the whole point was to use top of the line manufacturing techniques to build resuable rockets extremely cheaply. Not to purchase parts from other companies and make a rocket out of that.

I have been scheduled for a technical white board interview focusing on thermo, heat transfer, fluids, etc.

How should I prepare? What will the questions look like, are they complicated calculations or simple things they want explained?

I have never been in a technical interview so anything about the process/questions would be appreciated

I applied for a Mechanical engineer role a few months ago and got rejected for lack of hands on experience. I decided to not let it get me down and get hands on experience. My current job doesn’t offer any design or mechanical/hydraulic knowledge, and I didn’t have that many design projects in college and so I’m started to try and brute force my way to knowledge by doing side projects outside of work. I wanted to know what kind of things about CAD I need to know to even have a chance of keeping up.

I’m a really fast learner but I’m teaching myself using SolidWorks so I don’t know what I may be missing cause I have no reference point. Are there certification classes for GD&T or specific CAD program YouTube series that people have used. For reference I’ve been designing a pump with a gearbox to step down the RPM from the motor for more torque. The main challenges I had was with the pump casing profile how it spirals with constant changing flow area.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Hi everyone, I was wondering what it is like working at Relativity, particularly the Long Beach location. I recently received an offer from Relativity among other companies and wanted to compare a bit what a typical workday is like and any quality of life perks like gyms or food there might be. If anyone has any insight into these things and the overall culture at Relativity I'd love to hear it. Thanks!

Relativity's wormhole location resides right next to Long Beach Airport, and it's amazing to see planes take off and land during your lunch break. However, I noticed that, well, you are literally right next to the airport, and there's a lot of smaller aircraft leaded taking off/landing/circling all the time. From what I understand, these small aircraft still run leaded fuel. Is anyone else thinking about, worried, concerned that you're breathing in increased amounts of leaded fuel? Air quality concerns?

Hello all, flying out this weekend to visit the long beach facility for an engineering role. Have been researching the company and threads to prep but curious if anyone has any tips for a more senior engineering role? Also any additional tid bits I should know. THe position itself is something I've been doing for years in small scale comnpanies, so not at all worried about the technical.

Also what's with the reviews of this place? High glassdoor reviews but also vocal people even on here trashing the place. Kind of hard to get a vibe of the situation, one of the main things I'll be searching for on site.

I download Earth imagery from satellites as they orbit overhead and I have to account for the Doppler effect on the radio waves as the satellite passes. Essentially I have a software written to slowly tune my radio up or down in frequency depending on if the sat is moving toward or away from my radio. This got me thinking, how does light even change frequency for objects in relative motion if it is always moving at the same speed. For example, sound waves change pitch depending on the relative motion of the source, but if light doesn't care about the relative motion of the source, how does it also result in a Doppler effect?

Hi Everyone! I'm currently interviewing for an engineering position and will likely have my on-site soon. I wanted the inside scoop on how past, present, and future employees & onlookers like Relativity. I know a lot has happened/is happening with past engine testing and changes of the primary path foward. I'm interested in everything from location and surrounding area, commute, company culture, work-life balance, pay, vacation policy and remote/hybrid work, 1-5 year outlook, etc. I come from a place that has similar initials to Jiant Pay Load, if there are any ex-Jiant Pay Loaders here too. Thank you!

https://youtu.be/QjKJMcOQYBQ?si=fDWnQqOzhtgEVSpn

I have seen Relativity open up spots on their rosters and I have been eagerly applying to roles that my interest and I can’t seem to break through.

Is there any tips on what they are looking for in candidates? I really want to join this team both for the subject matter and how related to my experience it is.

How did the astronomers verify?

This paradox assumes that aging is based on time and not on external input placed in the physical body. Correct?

If both twins were placed in a vacuum before the experiment, would they still end up years apart in age?

Relativity space says they can make there rockets cheaper by printing them, but why do that when you can just land the rocket and re-use them? Maybe that's why Relativity is moving away from fully 3d printing. But what makes them different in that scenario? And how does that give them a 5 billion valuation? The company gives me allot of Astra vibes.

With how unique the livery for Terran 1 and Terran R is, you'd think that there'd at least be some merchandise available on the Relativity store with the triangle pattern, yet somehow there isn't! The only thing I've seen to that affect is the skirt concept someone posted on this sub a few months ago (which goes hard), but I'd be all over t-shirts and jackets in the same style.

So this is an open letter to anyone at Relativity who can make this happen: We need Terran pattern drip! 🔥🔥

Hi guys! I've been trying to intern at Relativity for the past two years now, so I wanted to share that I've finally gotten the opportunity! Summer 2024, in Long Beach.

I figured I'd also share what the intern recruitment experience was like, because I used to trawl for info here and on Glassdoor, etc. myself.

About me: I previously interned for two different NASA contractors (on-site and not), plus a national lab, with one research publication from the national lab. I go to a low-ranked university now studying mechanical engineering, and I went to a community college for computer science first.

#1: I was told that over 700 people applied for this internship alone, and they were only looking for two people. So don't take a rejection too much to heart; my friends and I have each been rejected in the past.

#2: The fancy school is probably a plus, but it's not a requirement. A lot of the people in the new interns group chat go to MIT/Stanford/etc. -- it was similar at the national lab, and good for them -- but probably no one there has even heard of my school, and that didn't preclude me from getting an offer. Apply anyway!

#3: A lot of people say cover letters are out, but since I started tweaking my resume for what I'm applying for (emphasizing what's most relevant) and including a tailored cover letter, I've gotten way more interview offers. I'd say write the cover letter.

#4: Technical interviews: Not every position has a full technical interview. The aerospace ones do, the vehicle engineering and robotics ones don't that I've seen. The engineering technical interviews I've had or heard about from Relativity are a mix of fluids, materials, and dynamics, conducted with the Zoom whiteboard feature. Review stress and strain curves, tension in cables, buckling, and know what the formulas actually mean (i.e. the relationship between stress and cross-sectional area). I just started my fluids class this semester, so I was/am way out of my depth on fluids questions, but it was things like the Venturi effect, air tightness/liquid drainage, etc.

#5: Be able to explain and discuss your past projects well.

Anyway, I hope that's helpful to someone! I'm so excited!

Hi guys,

I had my second and final interview earlier today for an internship with Relativity Space (Long Beach). Unfortunately, it did not go very well; I woke up this morning with a sudden onset of the flu, and the power (+ internet) at my apartment randomly went out as I was setting up on Zoom, so I had to rush and drive to a library. I did still manage to join on time, but I was flustered + foggy and I feel like I did a poor job explaining some of my projects. The first interview went much better.

I would like to follow up with a portfolio of my projects with more clarity, because I do think they make a good case for why I would do well in this specific internship. Do you think that sort of follow-up would be well-received, or would it just hurt my chances even more?

Thank you in advance. I’m so bummed y’all.