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Salary: USD 122,000 - 182,000 / 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 company is developing both the rocket and the manufacturing systems to produce it at scale.
The Engine Manufacturing team is dedicated to delivering high-performance engines and advancing innovative manufacturing systems that continuously improve cost, quality, and lead time. The team has successfully developed and refined processes for initial development engines and is now focused on producing flight engines at rate for Terran R's aggressive launch manifest.
As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for Turbomachinery, you will own the manufacturing trades and develop processes for fabricating, testing, and delivering critical Aeon-R hardware and subassemblies. You will produce components and assemblies for the fuel and oxidizer turbopumps of the Aeon-R and Aeon-R Vac engines. You will serve as the main point-of-contact between the manufacturing and design teams as the company optimizes Aeon-R architecture and scales manufacturing operations.
You will thrive in ambiguity and drive your own projects to completion. You must have the passion, tenacity, and resolve to work through challenging issues unique to rocket turbopumps and additively manufactured hardware. You should be multifaceted and capable of working at the interfaces of design, development, and analysis of turbomachinery. Ideally, you come from a fast-paced aerospace environment with experience completing difficult projects while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary groups.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field
- 5+ years of relevant manufacturing or propulsion engineering experience
- Experience with turbopump assembly procedures, including rotor balancing, interference fits, clearance checks, structural proofing, and leak checks
- Manufacturing process experience: fluids testing, machining, additive manufacturing
- Knowledge of general assembly and test procedures, including tolerance stack-up analysis, structural proof testing, and pressurized leak checks
- Experience with Siemens NX or other CAD and analysis tools
- Experience with tooling design, including conceptualization, modeling, drafting, and detailed analysis
NICE TO HAVES:
- Experience working with additively manufactured engine hardware
- Experience with GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and industry specifications
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
- Experience working in a flight development program
