Sr Materials & Processes Engineer, Turbomachinery

Relativity Space • Long Beach, CA

93d • $133,000 - $170,500

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

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of relevant turbomachinery materials experience
• Experience with general propulsion hardware M&P activities, such as material selection, qualification, damage tolerance, inspections, risk assessments, and failure analysis
• Experience performing material and part qualifications for either AM laser powder bed fusion systems or traditional material forming (wrought, forgings, castings)
• A core commitment to accountability, collaboration, and execution
• A desire to establish and foster strong interdisciplinary relationships across the company
• An authentic, introspective, and inclusive mindset towards technical, interpersonal, team growth, and development
• Passion to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment on constantly iterating turbomachinery products + processes, driving big impact on critical program needs as we ramp manufacturing rate + achieve reuse

Nice To Haves

• Deep understanding of turbomachinery within reusable aerospace or rocket engines and all associated materials challenges
• Expertise in nickel, ferrous, aluminum, or titanium alloy systems
• Metallic additive manufacturing M&P expertise with Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF)
• Metallic wrought, forging, or casting M&P expertise
• Metallic fusion welding M&P expertise in Laser Welding, EBW, GTAW, GMAW, etc.
• Knowledge of surface modification processes and coatings relevant to inhibit surface damage + corrosion of reusable turbomachinery parts
• Statistical experimental design and design allowable calculation methodology expertise

Responsibilities

• Be the M&P owner of reusable Liquid Propulsion Turbomachinery Products, Materials Systems, and Disciplines
• Qualify turbomachinery materials and products for flight + reuse
• Develop, implement, and maintain technical specifications and engineering standards
• Drive statistically-driven experimental design and process improvement campaigns
• Interface with Materials engineering staff to identify, define, and fill critical turbomachinery technology gaps
• Collaborate with laboratory staff to characterize materials and processes
• Work with Design Engineers for product materials selection, allowables development, analysis, qualification, flight, and reuse
• Coordinate with Manufacturing Engineers to reduce cost + rate while maintaining needed performance for turbomachinery products
• Facilitate specification compliance validation with Quality assurance
• Perform failure analysis, root cause and corrective action campaigns with Propulsion Engineers when turbomachinery parts fail in service
• Engage with Relativity + Customer Fracture Control Boards to achieve vehicle reuse
• Elevate risks and power through roadblocks with Company Leadership

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: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees