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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. The Stage Manufacturing team owns the build of Terran R's primary structures, turning design into reality by building the systems to build the rocket.
In this role, you will own Forming operations within the work center, being responsible for delivery of all formed products and improving both roll forming and press brake processes. You will bring online a press brake work center and lead the development effort for the company to be capable of forming up to 20-foot sheets of material for rocket primary structures. You will create work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes, and help standardize processes across the manufacturing team.
You will support the shop floor through live issue resolution and provide upstream feedback as the company innovates the next generation of manufacturing technology. You will also provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during the development phase and through the first prototype and flight builds. This is a hands-on role where you'll collaborate closely with engineers and technicians, with deep collaboration and real-time feedback to shape how the company builds better and faster.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline with 2+ years progressive and related experience required
- A history of improving manufacturing processes and the ability to independently identify and lead development projects needed to meet processing requirements
- Strong engineering fundamentals in process improvement, forming, metallic processing, mechanics of materials
- Deep knowledge of common metallic manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods and GD&T
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability
- Strong 3D & 2D design/drafting skills per ASME Y14.5M (NX preferred)
NICE TO HAVE:
- Direct experience with roll forming and press brake forming aluminum alloys
- New product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system with proven success
- Experience managing projects in a fast-paced environment
