Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Turbomachinery

Relativity Space • Long Beach, CA

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About The Position

Have end-to-end hardware manufacturing ownership of Terran R turbopumps in a fast-paced, and sometimes ambiguous development environment. Create constantly improving manufacturing work instructions and lead manufacturing and production strategy for hardware. Investigate and resolve hardware non-conformances and drive implementation of corrective actions. Design tooling and fixtures for assembly and test. Collaborate with design engineers, test engineers, technicians, and internal machine shop for hardware development, manufacturing, test, and scalability for high volume production. Work closely with supply chain team to procure turbomachinery hardware and bring down program costs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline and a minimum of 5+ years' experience building, manufacturing, testing, or troubleshooting turbomachinery hardware in a manufacturing environment.
• Project Management: Experience owning complex technical projects collaborating with design engineering, manufacturing, and production personnel with limited management input.
• Manufacturing Process Experience: Turbomachinery balance, Machining, Additive, Assembly Integration.
• Ability to effectively investigate and resolve hardware non-conformances and drive implementation of corrective actions with extreme independence.
• Ability to work with and train technicians in a hands-on hardware environment, writing work instructions, and process plans for complex assemblies.
• Proficiency with tooling design using with Siemens NX or other CAD tools, including conceptualization, modeling and drafting, and detailed analysis.

Nice To Haves

• Experience transitioning products from development to high volume production.
• Experience in start-up environment.
• Experience with Vendor / Supplier Management
• Experience writing formal process specifications and manufacturing standards.

Responsibilities

• Have end-to-end hardware manufacturing ownership of Terran R turbopumps in a fast-paced, and sometimes ambiguous development environment.
• Create constantly improving manufacturing work instructions and lead manufacturing and production strategy for hardware.
• Investigate and resolve hardware non-conformances and drive implementation of corrective actions.
• Design tooling and fixtures for assembly and test.
• Collaborate with design engineers, test engineers, technicians, and internal machine shop for hardware development, manufacturing, test, and scalability for high volume production.
• Work closely with supply chain team to procure turbomachinery hardware and bring down program costs.

Benefits

• Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees