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Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting growing demand for launch capacity. The Reliability team ensures quality is embedded into every stage of design and production, working directly with design, manufacturing, test, and launch teams to balance risk, foster ownership, and ensure speed never compromises reliability.
As Director of Supplier Industrialization Engineering, you will develop and lead a high-performing Supplier Development Engineering team, fostering ownership, technical rigor, and data-driven decision-making. You will set and execute the supplier development strategy, reliability roadmap, and SQMS processes to meet Terran R production, launch, and compliance requirements (AS9100/ISO 9001).
Key responsibilities include driving supplier performance management by establishing key metrics and scorecards to improve PPM, yield, PPAP timing, and overall supplier capability. You will own major supplier risk escalation and resolution, guiding disciplined problem solving (e.g., 8D) and ensuring rapid recovery on quality or capacity issues. You will lead cross-functional alignment with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain on supplier qualification, technical requirements, and NPI execution.
You will oversee technical and operational execution, including supplier qualification, APQP/DFM/DFA, PPAP/FAIR approvals, and continuous improvement initiatives (Lean/Six Sigma) to ensure robust manufacturing and protect build schedules. This is a unique moment where the program is transitioning from development into production and scaled operations—the right time to establish processes, controls, and inspections without slowing progress.
