Supervisor, Machine Shop, Quick Turn

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

1d•$112,000 - $168,000•Onsite

About The Position

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Machine Shop team delivers high-precision, high-quality machined components that are critical to Terran R’s success. This role offers the rare chance to see your craftsmanship directly integrated into flight hardware, making an immediate impact. The Supervisor, Machine Shop will lead day-to-day operations for a quick turn/prototype/emergent operations supporting development programs for launch vehicles and propulsion systems. This role involves supervising, mentoring, and developing a team of machinists, driving a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement while meeting aggressive build schedules. The supervisor will partner cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, and quality teams to deliver hardware critical to the business, mitigating supplier risk, keeping key development initiatives on track, and supporting production hardware with fixturing. This position will also support strategy development to architect a department that wins on lead time and be a key contributor to implementing that strategy.

Requirements

7+ years of hands-on machining experience (CNC mill/turn, multi-axis, tight-tolerance aerospace work)
2+ years in a supervisory or lead role
Proven ability to lead and scale teams in fast-paced prototype settings
Comfortable balancing urgency, quality, and safety while building structure within a newly developed department
Excellent communicator and cross-functional partner who thrives in collaborative environments
Capable of interfacing with design, quality, and supply chain teams
Hands-on leader with a strong ownership mindset
Willingness to step in to solve problems in real time

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting rapid hardware development in a high-performance environment
Knowledge of ERP systems and production planning tools
Experience developing and implementing key performance indexes

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day operation for a quick turn / prototype / emergent operations supporting development programs for launch vehicles and propulsion systems
Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of machinists driving a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement while meeting aggressive build schedules
Partner cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, and quality teams to deliver hardware critical to the business, mitigating supplier risk, keeping key development initiative on track, and supporting production hardware with fixturing
Support strategy development to architect a department that wins on lead time
Key contributor to implement that strategy