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Salary: USD 104,000 - 156,000 / 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. You'll join a team solving problems that haven't been solved before, helping develop a rocket, factory, and business from the ground up.
The Machine Shop team delivers high-precision, high-quality machined components critical to Terran R's success. This role combines technical skill with creativity, collaborating closely with engineering and design teams to drive better part designs and manufacturing solutions. You'll work with best-in-class, premium machinery and help bring the expanded, state-of-the-art machine shop to life to support the scale and pace of the Terran R program. This role offers the rare chance to see your craftsmanship directly integrated into flight hardware, making immediate impact.
Key responsibilities include:
- Create Process Plans, Standard Operating Procedures, Inspection Plans, Work Holding Designs, and supporting documents to define processes for parts
- Improve manufacturing processes through developing and deploying new technologies and methodologies
- Advise on design for manufacturability methodologies to upstream partners
- Articulate manufacturing, fixturing, and inspection methods for design concepts, GD&T requirements, and datum structures to inform design choices
- Recommend novel designs or design updates that improve manufacturability
- Analyze and improve processes that create non-conforming hardware; investigate root causes and determine corrective actions
With clear training pathways, you'll have opportunities to advance from operating machines to programming them, growing your career alongside the program.
REQUIREMENTS:
- B.S. in Engineering or comparable STEM field
- 2+ years of experience in machining
- Knowledge of GD&T
- Minimum 3+ years' experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or Supply Chain
Nice to haves (not required):
- Knowledge of metrology and dimensional inspection methods
- Proficiency in CAD and CAM software
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, lean principles, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of fixture design and stack-ups analysis
