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Salary: USD 150,000 - 226,000 / annual
Relativity Space is building the Terran R launch vehicle to deliver payloads to orbit. The Materials and NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) team plays a central role in enabling the vehicle to fly, re-fly, and scale by developing, characterizing, and inspecting materials and processes across all vehicle systems.
As Staff Materials & Processes Engineer for Fluid Systems, you will be the cognizant M&P engineer responsible for launch vehicle fluid systems. Your scope includes qualifying fluid system materials and processes for flight and reuse, developing and maintaining technical specifications and engineering standards, and driving statistically-driven experimental design and process improvement campaigns.
You will interface extensively across the organization: collaborating with materials engineers to identify and fill critical technology gaps, working with laboratory staff to characterize materials and processes, supporting fluid system responsible engineers through materials selection, design, analysis, qualification, failure analysis, flight, and reuse phases, partnering with manufacturing engineers to develop processes and troubleshoot issues while enabling cost and rate improvements, coordinating with quality assurance and supply chain on subcontractor compliance, engaging with Relativity and customer Fracture Control Boards to achieve vehicle reuse, and elevating technical roadmaps and risks to leadership.
This is a high-impact individual contributor role at a critical juncture: early enough to shape product, process, and culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and gaining momentum. You will work in a fast-paced environment on constantly iterating products and processes, driving significant impact on program needs as manufacturing rate ramps and reuse is achieved.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in materials science, engineering, or related field
- 7+ years of relevant materials and processes experience (leveling is flexible based on candidate background)
- Experience with general M&P activities: material selection, process development, qualification, damage tolerance, inspections, risk assessments, and failure analysis
- Core commitment to accountability, collaboration, and execution
- Desire to establish and foster strong interdisciplinary relationships
- Authentic, introspective, and inclusive mindset toward technical, interpersonal, and team growth
- Passion for fast-paced, challenging environments with constantly iterating products and processes
**Nice to haves:**
- Demonstrated ownership and impact with aerospace fluid system products and their full part lifecycle (manifolds, tubes, trays, bellows, fittings)
- Experience with materials commonly used in fluid systems (cryogenic stainless steel alloys, nickel alloys, structural aluminum alloys)
- Expertise in fluids-relevant special processes (orbital tube welding, gas tungsten arc welding, tube bending, passivation, precision cleaning, heat treatment, forging, casting, extrusions)
- Knowledge of relevant engineering disciplines (media compatibility, non-destructive evaluation, corrosion, fatigue and damage tolerance)
- Experience with statistical experimental design and data analysis
