At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.
Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.
About the Team:
The Powder Bed Fusion manufacturing team develops, creates, and operates the most advanced additive manufacturing technologies in the world. This best-in-class team makes sure that the infrastructure, materials, tools, and equipment are in place for us to rapidly iterate and print. The Powder-Based manufacturing team was crucial to manufacturing Aeon-1 for first launch and now are developing and demonstrating groundbreaking technologies, design, and approaches for Aeon-R.
About the Role:
- Support the installation, commissioning, and operation of additive post processing manufacturing equipment
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, work instructions, checklists, and safety protocols for additive manufacturing, including post processing equipment
- Be responsible for establishing of process flow to meet production rate and quality goals
- Communicate roadblocks to team leaders and technicians promptly to appropriately react, contain, and recover
- Track machine utilization and drive reductions in planned and unplanned downtime
- Perform manufacturing ROI and cost trade analysis optimizing machine capital and process improvements
- Develop and implement tooling and statistical process control into production processes to further improve reliability and reduce cost and lead time
About You:
- BS Degree in Engineering (or relevant technical discipline)
- 2+ years of experience with process engineering in a manufacturing environment
- Experience working with powder bed fusion metal printing
- Experience working in a fast-paced, iterative design environment
- Experience working within ISO AS9100/ISO9000, medical device manufacturing environment, or similar
Nice to haves, but not required:
- Six-Sigma Greenbelt, SPC, & DOE
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing practices, such as, 5S or Six Sigma
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
Hiring Range:
$112,000—$143,000 USD
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Relativity Space Long Beach, California, USA Office
We have two sites in Long Beach, CA's Space Beach: "The Wormhole," a 1M sq. ft. factory, once Boeing C-17's home. Nearby, "The Portal" supports Aeon R engine production for our Terran R launch vehicle.
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