Manufacturing Engineering Intern, Nonmetallic Products & Processes

Relativity Space Internships • Long Beach, CA

115d • $32 - $40

About The Position

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known. Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

Requirements

• Obtaining BS or MS in aerospace, mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering.
• Experience leading, executing, or coordinating projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Willing to be hands-on with rocket hardware and learn from all team members, including engineers and assembly technicians.

Nice To Haves

• 1+ years relevant internship experience.
• Extracurricular engineering project experience (e.g. Rocket team, Baja, Formula SAE, Design/Build/Fly).
• An ability to thrive in ambiguity, identify problems and quickly resolve them, and provide definition to the previously undefined.

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing operations of non-metallic products and processes for the TerranR launch vehicle, including Thermal Protection Systems, Composites, and primer application.
• Drive several first build efforts through process development, assembly sequencing, and documentation authoring.
• Develop strong working relationships with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Production and other internal partners to support company objectives.
• Provide technicians, production personnel, and manufacturing engineers with responsive issue resolution and support for launch vehicle assembly builds.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees