Quality Inspection Supervisor Precision Inspection First Shift

About the Team: 

The Quality team is focused on embedding quality into every part of the design and production process for Terran R. Not just inspecting at the end but influencing how things are built from the start. The team embeds themselves directly within design manufacturing test and launch teams to stay close to the hardware understand constraints and proactively shape decisions. As we move beyond initial development into production and then scaled operations now is the time to put the right processes controls and inspections in place without slowing down progress. The team plays a key role in balancing risk driving a culture of ownership and ensuring that speed doesn’t come at the cost of reliability. Success here means building a quality system that scales with the Terran R program and Relativity as a whole. 

This is a 1st shift position with a standard schedule of 5:00AM-3:30PM PT Monday through Friday. Please note that this position is structured around a baseline expectation of a 50-hour workweek which may include occasional overtime as needed to meet operational goals.

About the Role:

You will lead a specialized team of Quality Inspectors and CMM Programmers responsible for the dimensional integrity of flight hardware including large-scale 3D-printed structures and precision-machined propulsion components. You will bridge the gap between engineering design and physical reality ensuring that Relativity’s innovative manufacturing methods meet rigorous aerospace standards. 

• Team Leadership: Supervise daily operations of the CMM inspection team managing schedules timecards and performance reviews to meet high-rate production goals. 
• Technical Oversight: Serve as the subject matter expert for CMM programming (Verisurf and PC-DMIS) and precision metrology (Romer arms laser trackers). 
• Quality Compliance: Ensure all inspections conform to AS9100 and ISO9001 standards overseeing the completion of detailed reports such as AS9102 First Article Inspections (FAI). 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Additive Manufacturing Propulsion and Machine Shop teams to resolve complex non-conformances and provide feedback on hardware quality. 
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement automated inspection strategies and digital metrology tools to reduce setup times and increase throughput. 
• Equipment Management: Coordinate preventative maintenance and calibration for all quality lab assets including CMMs and hand-held precision tools. 

About You:

• 7+ years of quality inspection experience in aerospace automotive or other high-reliability manufacturing environments including 2+ years in a leadership or lead role. 
• Prior experience managing mentoring and developing inspectors or technicians including coaching on CMM programming inspection methods and quality expectations. 
• Proven hands-on experience with CMM software such as Verisurf and PC-DMIS including program development execution and troubleshooting.  
• Expert proficiency with precision hand tools such as micrometers calipers and bore gages along with standard shop-floor inspection techniques. 
• Advanced experience with managing Material Review Board (MRB) processes. 
• Expert knowledge of GD&T (ASME Y14.5) with the ability to interpret complex engineering drawings and navigate CAD models (Siemens NX preferred) 
• Ability to support a 50-hour baseline workweek with flexibility for overtime to meet launch milestones along with the ability to stand for extended periods on the production floor climb ladders work in confined spaces and lift up to 25 lbs.

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience in a high-growth aerospace startup environment. 
• Familiarity with digital factory tools like Infor LN MES or JIRA. 
• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma certifications applied to an assembly line.

What We Do

Relativity Space is on a mission to better connect humanity to space and the universe beyond our planet. Our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket Terran R will deliver customer payloads to orbit meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science exploration and innovation pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.

Why Work With Us

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy ownership and impact exist at every level. Here you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before helping develop a rocket a factory and a business from the ground up.

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