Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Primary Structures

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

About The Position

The Staff Manufacturing Engineer will support the development and production of Terran R primary structures. The role provides Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams from development through the first prototype and flight builds, and collaborates with design, manufacturing, reliability, internal production teams, and external vendors. The engineer also supports primary-structure work-center assembly on the shop floor, removes barriers to keep production moving, improves assembly operations across multiple work centers, and helps standardize manufacturing processes. The position includes creating work instructions, specifications, and best practices for high-fidelity processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
8+ years of progressive, related experience.
Strong history of 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.
Cover primary-structure work-center assembly on the shop floor, clear barriers, and keep production moving.
Champion process improvements across multiple work centers to improve assembly operations and incorporate feedback and learnings 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.