Senior Manufacturing Engineer

3 weeks ago


Long Beach, California, United States Relativity Space Full time

About the Role:

The Mechanisms Manufacturing team at Relativity Space is responsible for developing hardware that enables Terran R reusability, such as landing legs, pneumatic separation and release mechanisms, and linear and rotary electromechanical actuators.

In this role, you will advocate for scalable manufacturing in product design trades and reviews, ensuring that manufacturing considerations are integrated early in the design process.

You will develop build flow planning, large-scale part logistics, tooling design, conceptualizing & sourcing, analyze build & test data, workcenter capacity modelling and complex assembly work planning and execution.

To be successful in this role, you need to be a self-starter that can thrive in ambiguity, identify problems and quickly resolve them, and provide definition to the previously undefined.

You should have a commitment to quality and the discipline required to achieve it.

About You:

BS degree in aerospace, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering (or technical equivalent)

Minimum of 5 years of experience building and testing hardware in a manufacturing environment

Extensive experience authoring work instructions and/or test procedures to build and validate interdisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic assemblies

Experience partnering with design engineering, manufacturing, and production personnel

Extensive experience managing and implementing large process and/or quality improvements

Extensive experience managing large personal scope of ownership

Experience developing or participating in developing tooling as a manufacturing representative

Experience with at least 2 of the following:

Machining, precision drilling, mechanical fastening, and torquing operations, pneumatic or electromechanical assembly, electrical or pneumatic functional checkouts, integrated testing, tool design and fab, subassembly workcenter development

Nice to haves but not required:

Self-starter that has demonstrated the ability to define and own a process from scratch and roll out that process through adept communication to a diverse team

New product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system with proven success

Working knowledge of rocket subsystems including structures, mechanisms, high pressure gas systems, and/or avionics

Strong understanding GD&T and drafting principles

Working knowledge of typical manufacturing execution systems and quality management systems

Process development, factory layouts, and production line planning

Experience in capacity analyses, DFMEA/PFMEA, value stream mapping

Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous vacation policy, an annual L&D stipend and more.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Hiring Range: $130,000—$166,000 USD



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