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Relativity Space · 7 hours ago

Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, Tooling

Long Beach, California

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$196K/yr - $253K/yr

15+ years exp

Relativity Space is building rockets to meet the growing demand for launch capacity and advance science and exploration. The Principal Mechanical Design Engineer, Tooling will be responsible for designing and developing tools and factory automation equipment that support manufacturing, collaborating closely with design and manufacturing teams to deliver innovative solutions.

3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Develop high quality development and production tooling and automation solutions for the Terran vehicle and Aeon engine programs

Capable of integrating concepts and principles of mechanical design and analysis of several different projects in a fast-paced environment - projects will vary in size and scale

Ability to interpret and apply sound design and drafting standards (ASME Y14.5) in creating tooling drawing definitions

Handle a wide range of technical problems and familiar with all types of material handling, assembly fixtures, off-loaders, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machines

Close collaboration with component designers, manufacturing engineers, and integration engineering to achieve the best possible cradle to grave metrics (safety, cost, quality, cycle time, delivery, reliability, life, and maintenance/refurbishment)

Manage projects including vendor selection, fabrication, inspection, equipment installation, and commissioning of tooling

Qualification

Mechanical Design EngineeringToolingFixtures DesignCADFEA SoftwareManufacturing Processes KnowledgeProject ManagementCollaboration SkillsProblem SolvingCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor of Science degree in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent

15+ years of work or project experience with design, build, and commissioning of tooling and fixtures for manufacturing, assembly and test

Experience using CAD and FEA-based analysis software (NX and ANSYS Workbench preferred) for structural applications

Experience in full-cycle project completion

Experience in strategic buildout and project management of tooling supporting production

Preferred

Strong expertise in design for manufacturability and design for assembly including experience taking products from prototype design to production

Solid understanding of common manufacturing materials, GD&T, and tolerance/stack-up analysis

Solid understanding of common manufacturing processes and machines including mills, lathes, welding, sheet-metal bending, lifting/rigging, assembly, inspection, etc

Experience with custom machine design: motors, actuators, linear rails/actuators, pneumatics, bearings, etc