Sr Director, Tooling Engineering

Relativity Space • Long Beach, CA

13h

About The Position

Lead and develop a high-performing team of tooling engineers delivering solutions that enable safe, efficient, and repeatable production. Define and execute the long-term tooling strategy, aligning priorities across design, manufacturing, and operations to support current and future production goals. Oversee design, fabrication, and commissioning of complex tooling systems that improve manufacturability, quality, and throughput across multiple work centers. Manage the tooling project portfolio, driving cost, schedule, and technical performance to ensure readiness for both production and development programs. Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure tooling readiness for new product introductions and continuous product evolution. Standardize best practices for design documentation, preventive maintenance, and configuration control to ensure reliability and compliance across all tooling assets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Aerospace Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in tooling design, manufacturing engineering, or related field, with 6+ years in people leadership.
• Expertise with CAD and PLM systems (e.g., NX, Teamcenter, CATIA, SolidWorks).
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale tooling initiatives for complex hardware (structures, assemblies, or propulsion).
• Strong understanding of GD&T, tolerance analysis, materials, and manufacturing processes (machining, composites, weldments, additive).
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional programs balancing cost, schedule, and performance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in aerospace, automotive, or oil & gas production environments with rapid development cycles.
• Background in Lean manufacturing and Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
• Experience with factory automation, lifting and handling systems, or test tooling.
• Strong leadership presence with ability to coach and scale engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of tooling engineers delivering solutions that enable safe, efficient, and repeatable production.
• Define and execute the long-term tooling strategy, aligning priorities across design, manufacturing, and operations to support current and future production goals.
• Oversee design, fabrication, and commissioning of complex tooling systems that improve manufacturability, quality, and throughput across multiple work centers.
• Manage the tooling project portfolio, driving cost, schedule, and technical performance to ensure readiness for both production and development programs.
• Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure tooling readiness for new product introductions and continuous product evolution.
• Standardize best practices for design documentation, preventive maintenance, and configuration control to ensure reliability and compliance across all tooling assets.

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: Director