Job Description
At Relativity Space we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle 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.
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. Whether you’re in propulsion manufacturing software avionics or a corporate function you’ll collaborate across teams shape decisions and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product the process and the culture but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Stage Manufacturing team turns design into reality owning the build of Terran R’s primary structures. This isn’t about turning the same bolt every day; it’s about building the systems to build the rocket. Engineers and technicians work side by side with deep collaboration and real-time feedback to shape how we build better and faster. With a manifest and a launch date it’s up to the team to deliver on Terran R: solving challenges in real time optimizing for scale and constantly improving processes. As the vehicle evolves so will the factory with opportunities to apply automation machine learning and advanced technologies. What we build here sets the blueprint for the future of scaled launch.
*Note* Second shift starts at 3pm.
About the Role:
- Own hardware from design release through build test and delivery for engine or vehicle systems taking full responsibility for execution readiness and product quality across subassemblies and integrated systems
- Develop and release detailed build flows work instructions and test procedures to enable repeatable high-quality execution across first builds and maturing programs
- Support first article builds in a fast-paced environment focusing on manufacturability repeatability and quality while developing scalable processes that enable a smooth ramp to higher production rates
- Provide hands-on floor support during build and test resolving issues in real time incorporating technician feedback and driving continuous improvement across hardware flow and process discipline
- Coordinate across design supply chain production and test teams to ensure part readiness tooling availability schedule alignment and smooth handoffs between build stages
- Contribute to the development of long-term manufacturing systems and infrastructure including tooling strategies ERP/MES workflows and production documentation standards
About You:
- Degree in engineering or a related technical field with 5+ years of hands-on experience building and testing hardware in a manufacturing or integration environment
- Skilled at investigating hardware issues resolving non-conformances and driving root cause analysis with corrective actions implemented effectively
- Familiar with general assembly and test procedures including tolerance stack-up analysis structural proof testing and pressurized leak checks
- Comfortable interfacing across design manufacturing supply chain and test teams to ensure hardware quality and schedule alignment
- Self-starter who can define and roll out new processes from scratch working collaboratively with technicians engineers and external vendors
- Proficient in GD&T CAD and basic design or test analysis with experience in at least two of the following: LOX cleanliness leak checking sensor checkouts tube bending tool design crane operations or subassembly builds
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience supporting new aerospace product introduction or transitioning hardware from prototype to production especially in a high-rate or scaling environment
- Experience directly authoring and executing test procedures including acting as a test conductor for integrated system verification
- Familiarity with hazardous operations fluid system safety or test execution involving pressurized or high-risk environments
- Experience in a fast-paced and lean environment including direct vendor engagement tool development or leading a small team through an ambiguous build or test effort
At Relativity Space we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience qualifications and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity a generous PTO and sick leave policy parental leave an annual learning and development stipend and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer please visit here.
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.
If you need a reasonable accommodation please contact us at [email protected].
Skills Required
- Degree in engineering or related technical field
- 5+ years hands-on experience building and testing hardware in manufacturing or integration environment
- Proficient in GD&T
- Proficient in CAD
- Familiar with general assembly and test procedures including tolerance stack-up analysis structural proof testing and pressurized leak checks
- Skilled at investigating hardware issues resolving non-conformances and driving root cause analysis with corrective actions
- Comfortable interfacing across design manufacturing supply chain and test teams to ensure hardware quality and schedule alignment
- Self-starter able to define and roll out new processes working with technicians engineers and vendors
- Experience in at least two of: LOX cleanliness leak checking sensor checkouts tube bending tool design crane operations or subassembly builds
- Experience authoring and executing test procedures or acting as a test conductor
- Experience supporting new aerospace product introduction or transitioning prototype to production in a high-rate environment
- Familiarity with hazardous operations fluid system safety or high-risk pressurized test execution
- Experience in fast-paced lean environments with vendor engagement or small-team leadership
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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