Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Test & Launch Structures

About the Team:

The Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R from stages and payloads to ground systems launch landing and refurbishment. The Cape is the only place where you see it all come together offering a level of exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program. This is where first flights happen where history is built on top of history and where the scale of what's underway is unlike anything in modern aerospace. The mission stays the same but the work evolves with every milestone: from first launch to reuse high-cadence operations and beyond. If you're looking to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook not just repeat what’s already been done this is where it happens.

About the Role:

In this role you will work closely with Test and Launch design engineers to evaluate and implement optimal manufacturing and integration solutions. You will lead fabrication and integration efforts including coordination with third-party vendors and full ownership of integration processes. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams—including fluids civil electrical and mechanical disciplines—to develop effective integration strategies. You'll also be responsible for selecting techniques and processes that meet design tolerances while providing input on and approving designs for manufacturability.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing Mechanical Aerospace or related discipline) or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• 5+ years of experience manufacturing with a focus on structural builds precision tooling or ground support equipment
• Experience with CAD (NX Creo Solidworks CATIA)
• Experience with partial or full life-cycle ownership of small to large structural build projects including lifting and rigging integration and proof testing
• Experience or working knowledge of in-field fabrication techniques including welding line boring match drilling milling operations and metrology required to achieve tight tolerance with structural systems
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills

Nice to haves but not required:

• 7+ years of experience in a partial or full cycle design engineering role
• Experience working with AFSPCMAN 91-710
• Experience Working with DOD USAF and NASA
• Experience with large steel/aluminum structures
• Experience with mechanical systems and mechanisms
• Experience checking drawings and reviewing GD&T

Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Cape Canaveral Florida.

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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