Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Primary Structures

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

3d•$143,000 - $215,000

About The Position

The Staff Manufacturing Engineer will support the development and production of Terran R’s primary structures. The role provides Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during development and through initial prototype and flight builds, and partners with design, manufacturing, reliability, production, and external vendor teams. The engineer supports primary-structure work-center assembly on the shop floor, removes barriers to keep production moving, and drives process improvements across multiple work centers. The role also develops work instructions, specifications, and best practices for high-fidelity processes and helps standardize processes across the manufacturing team. The Stage Manufacturing team owns the build of Terran R’s primary structures and works closely with engineers and technicians to develop and improve the systems and processes used to build the vehicle. The team focuses on solving production challenges, improving processes, and preparing for scaled launch production.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
8+ years of progressive, related experience.
Strong history supporting complicated assembly builds and making regular risk decisions to disposition build issues and keep production moving.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability.
Strong engineering fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement and factory design, fastening and joining, and machining.
Expert knowledge of common drilling and trim operations, other manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods, and GD&T.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with forming, welding, drilling, trimming, and fastening operations for aerospace products.
Successful experience introducing an aerospace hardware system into manufacturing, test, and production systems.
Experience managing projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during development and through the first prototype and flight builds.
Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and reliability engineers, internal production teams, and external vendors.
Support primary-structure assembly work on the shop floor by clearing barriers and keeping production moving.
Champion process improvements across multiple work centers, incorporating feedback and lessons from the first Terran R build.
Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes.
Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team.