Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

Your journey with us will be more than a job - it's an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace and additive manufacturing. The Engine Manufacturing team builds Terran-R by driving innovation, improving cost, quality, and lead time, and delivering flight-ready hardware. After developing Aeon-R engines, we’re now producing flight engines for Terran-R’s first launch to orbit.

About the Role:

Develop machining process:

• Create Process Plans, Standard Operating Procedures, Inspection Plans, Work Holding Desings, and other supporting documents to define the process to manufacture parts.
• Improve manufacturing processes through developing and deploying new technologies and methodologies.

Advise on Design for Manufacturing methodologies:

• Advise on Design for Manufacturability methodologies to upstream partners.
• Articulate manufacturing, fixturing, and inspection method for a design concepts, GD&T requirements, and datum structures to inform design choices.
• Recommend novel designs or design updates to improve manufacturability

Solve technical manufacturing problems at the pace of the business

• Analyze and improve processes that create non-conforming hardware. Investigate root causes and determine corrective actions.

About You:

• 8 years of progressive and related CNC Machining experience required
• Knowledge of machining and GD&T
• Proficiency in CAD and CAM software
• Excellent critical and analytical thinking, verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, lean principles, and continuous improvement methodologies

Nice to haves but not required:

• Knowledge of metrology and dimensional inspection methods
• Knowledge of fixture design and stack-ups analysis

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.

Hiring Range:

$40 - $52.25 USD