Sr TPS Technician, First Shift
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. About the Team: The Manufacturing team owns all process development, fabrication strategy, and production equipment for Terran R, our next generation, reusable rocket. This team has a wide variety of responsibilities – from factory floor layout, to developing complex tooling for novel processes, and interfacing with our vehicle engineering team to heavily influence design of the rocket. We leverage our deep expertise to translate engineering requirements into highly optimized production lines, working cross functionally to consistently enhance the vehicle program. This is a 1st shift position with a standard schedule of 5:00AM-3:30PM PT, Monday through Friday. Please note that this position is structured around a baseline expectation of a 50-hour workweek, which may include occasional overtime as needed to meet operational goals. About the Role: Responsible for the manufacture of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) subassemblies for the TerranR vehicle Use materials and equipment required for TPS processing such as adhesives, primers, automated mixing machines, vacuum bagging films and consumables Collaborate with the production team and manufacturing engineers to develop, document, and improve manufacturing processes Occasionally support operations at downstream sites (Stennis, Cape Canaveral) related to TPS Uphold high Relativity Space standards regarding safety and shop cleanliness • Foster an inclusive environment for all team members
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certification
- 4+ years of aerospace manufacturing experience or related field
- Experience with adhesive bonding operations such as surface preparation, adhesive mixing, and vacuum bag bonding
- Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with engineering and production
- Ability to set up and operate a range of hand and pneumatic tools along with calibrated tools and measuring devices
- Working experience with Manufacturing Execution System software to document manufacturing operations (work order labor charging, buyoffs, data collections, etc.)
Nice To Haves
- FAA Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) Certificate
- Experience partnering with other business functions to successfully build flight hardware such as manufacturing engineering and quality
- Experience supporting aerospace manufacturing operations at remote or downstream work sites
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the manufacture of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) subassemblies for the TerranR vehicle
- Use materials and equipment required for TPS processing such as adhesives, primers, automated mixing machines, vacuum bagging films and consumables
- Collaborate with the production team and manufacturing engineers to develop, document, and improve manufacturing processes
- Occasionally support operations at downstream sites (Stennis, Cape Canaveral) related to TPS
- Uphold high Relativity Space standards regarding safety and shop cleanliness
- Foster an inclusive environment for all team members
Benefits
- competitive salary and equity
- generous PTO and sick leave policy
- parental leave
- an annual learning and development stipend
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
