Valves Components Engineer II

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

About The Position

The Valves Components Engineer II will work with the Design and Test team to productionize the electro-mechanical mechanism that controls a valve. The role includes creating work instructions, building tooling, evaluating the value stream to reduce hardware time and cost and prevent nonconformances, and standing up machinery and manufacturing equipment. The engineer owns products from cradle to grave and incorporates lessons learned into feedback that helps the team improve the product. The Components team is responsible for fluid control devices across Terran R, spanning propulsion and stage systems. Engineers own multiple products and work with partner teams such as Propulsion, Avionics, and Stage Fluids to integrate components into the broader vehicle. Design, manufacturing, and test assets are co-located, allowing engineers to observe product performance and iterate based on real-world data. The team advances products through clean-sheet designs for vehicle and engine upgrades and improvements to existing designs for performance, reliability, and manufacturability.

Requirements

Understanding of engineering principles.
Experience working with electronics, epoxy, and installation procedures.
Experience with cryogenic and ambient testing, as well as electrical testing.
Experience working with technicians and creating work instructions.

Responsibilities

Work with the Design and Test team to productionize the electro-mechanical mechanism that controls the valve.
Create work instructions and build tooling.
Evaluate the value stream to reduce hardware time, cost, and nonconformances.
Stand up machinery and manufacturing equipment.
Own products from cradle to grave.
Incorporate lessons learned into feedback that helps the team improve the product.