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Salary: USD 150,000 - 224,000 / annual
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. Horizon Manufacturing Technologies, a distinct business unit within Relativity, is advancing next-generation manufacturing for aerospace and beyond, operating at the frontier of manufacturing innovation where cutting-edge R&D is industrialized into production.
You will lead a multidisciplinary team of Manufacturing, Quality, and Materials & Process Engineers, building a culture of technical ownership, systemic problem-solving, and accountability for delivering high-quality, conforming products. Your responsibilities include:
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, establishing clear ownership, accountability, and technical direction
- Ensure the team has the technical capability, clarity, tools, and ownership necessary to make sound decisions and execute against product and customer requirements
- Lead the development and implementation of robust, end-to-end manufacturing processes that translate customer and engineering requirements into repeatable workflows with appropriate process controls, documentation, inspection, and acceptance criteria
- Ensure manufacturing processes, material performance, and quality controls provide the technical confidence necessary to consistently deliver products meeting customer and quality requirements
- Partner across Program Management, Design Engineering, Operations, and other functions to ensure technical decisions support success and on-time product delivery
You will work alongside welders, data scientists, and material scientists, creating an end-to-end additive manufacturing platform. From exploring new materials to unlocking faster print speeds and designing complex geometries, this is high-impact work setting the foundation for the future of advanced manufacturing.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, or related technical field
- 7+ years of experience in complex manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Strong understanding of manufacturing process development, process control, process capability, qualification, and continuous improvement
- Experience translating engineering, customer, and quality requirements into robust, repeatable manufacturing processes that consistently produce conforming hardware
- Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to identify systemic issues, reduce process variation, and build scalable solutions
- Ability to lead cross-functionally across Manufacturing, Quality, Materials, Design, Operations, and Program teams
**Nice to haves:**
- Experience with additive manufacturing, welding, directed energy deposition, or other advanced manufacturing technologies
- Experience with metallic materials, material characterization, mechanical testing, metallurgy, or process qualification
- Experience developing manufacturing processes from early technology development through qualification and production
- Experience with statistical process control, process capability analysis, PFMEA, control plans, and other manufacturing risk-management methodologies
