Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Stage Machining

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

22h•$122,000 - $182,000

About The Position

Relativity Space is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for its Stage Manufacturing team, which builds Terran R’s primary structures and develops the systems and processes used to manufacture the rocket. The role shares ownership of machining operations and helps introduce products, establish new work centers, improve production processes, and support the shop floor. The engineer works closely with design, manufacturing, reliability, production, and vendor teams, contributing to Terran R’s development from prototypes through flight builds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical, or another engineering discipline.
At least 4 years of progressive, related experience.
3D and 2D design and drafting skills per ASME Y14.5M; NX is preferred.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design input for improved manufacturability.
Direct experience with CNC milling and turning operations across multiple materials.
Understanding of machine programming (G-code) and machine setup.
Strong engineering fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement and factory design, fastening and joining, and machining.

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience with CNC milling, turning, and drilling operations across multiple materials.
Aluminum experience and experience with large parts greater than 6 feet.
Extensive experience designing workholding for complicated machining operations.
Successful new product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system.
Experience managing projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Share ownership of operations on two large 3-axis mills, two large 5-axis mills, and a vertical turning lathe (VTL).
Help introduce new products to the machines and improve current high-volume work on the large mills.
Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and reliability engineers, internal production teams, and external vendors to drive progress.
Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices for multiple high-fidelity processes, and help standardize processes across the manufacturing team.
Help establish new machining work centers by defining the tooling and processes needed to build Terran R parts.
Support the shop floor through live issue resolution and provide upstream feedback as manufacturing technology develops.
Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during development and through the first prototype and flight build.