Vehicle Engineer Intern Interview Experience - Long Beach, California
Process
Two stage technical interviews were conducted, with the first one being 30 minutes and the second being 45 minutes. Each interview was one-on-one.
Expect questions like "tell me more about yourself" and elaborating on a project from your resume. Technical questions ranged from structural analysis to open-ended design considerations.
No behavioral questions were asked, but be sure to know your resume and be able to elaborate on past experiences. Both interviewers were extremely nice and approachable, which made the experience much more enjoyable.
Questions
Describe what bending and shear look like at different cross sections of a cantilever beam.
If you optimize a pressure tank by making it thinner, how can this introduce more issues? Provide formulas to support your answer.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Relativity Space Vehicle Engineer Intern role in Long Beach, California.
Success Rate
Relativity Space's interview process for their Vehicle Engineer Intern roles in Long Beach, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Relativity Space's Vehicle Engineer Intern interview process in Long Beach, California.
Relativity Space Work Experiences
- 5.0Awesome place to do cool stuffEngineer • Current EmployeeLong Beach, CANovember 13, 2025Pros: Exceptional talent, huge funding, and long-term promisesCons: Long hours and stressful deadlines at times.
- 3.0Great learning opportunities but poor work-life balance and upper management steamrollsLead Manufacturing Engineer • Current EmployeeLong Beach, CASeptember 21, 2026Pros: Lots of great learning opportunities and independence if you get your work done. If you have any ideas, it is very easy to get them approved or implemented because there is lots of room for improvement at a startup. Great relationships with coworkers and fun ERGs. This may be changing, but some upper leadership is still very involved in those ERGs. Also, good snacks, a nice facility, and you get a $10 daily lunch stipend that delivers food to the facility so you do not have to leave or panic about whether or not you have time to eat that day.Cons: Terrible work-life balance consideration. Everything is about the next urgent delivery, and there is no breathing space between deadlines, and you are shamed for not dedicating your life and free time to this company. There is a big push to be "like SpaceX" yet very little realistic knowledge of how to get to that point and too many people who idolize SpaceX. Original company values were very much the opposite. This is a startup, so everything has a chaotic feel, but at least you used to feel like you had control and influence over the solution. Now you just feel like a cog in a chaotic machine. Lots of turnover starting to happen because of this, and there is no leadership response. Also a bad taste in the mouth due to what happened to former employees' ISOs when there was a reverse stock split that rendered their ISOs worthless.
- 4.0Good startupEngineer • Current EmployeeAugust 12, 2022Pros: Vision is great! It feels good to work with a company that is using 3D printing manufacturing.Cons: The free snacks in the cafe go fast!
