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Relativity Space · 3 months ago

Staff Materials & Processes Engineer, Turbomachinery

Long Beach, California

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$161K/yr - $207K/yr

7+ years exp

Relativity Space is building rockets to meet the growing demand for launch capacity with their Terran R vehicle. They are seeking a Staff Materials & Processes Engineer to oversee reusable Liquid Propulsion Turbomachinery Products, focusing on material qualification and process improvement while collaborating across various engineering teams.

3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Be the M&P owner of reusable Liquid Propulsion Turbomachinery Products, Materials Systems, and Disciplines

Qualify turbomachinery materials and products for flight + reuse

Develop, implement, and maintain technical specifications and engineering standards

Drive statistically-driven experimental design and process improvement campaigns

Interface with:

Materials engineering staff to identify, define, and fill critical turbomachinery technology gaps

Laboratory staff to characterize materials and processes

Design Engineers for product materials selection, allowables development, analysis, qualification, flight, and reuse

Manufacturing Engineers to reduce cost + rate while maintaining needed performance for turbomachinery products

Quality assurance to facilitate specification compliance validation

Propulsion Engineers to perform failure analysis, root cause and corrective action campaigns when turbomachinery parts fail in service

Relativity + Customer Fracture Control Boards to achieve vehicle reuse

Company Leadership to elevate risks and power through roadblocks

Qualification

Turbomachinery materials experienceMaterial qualificationAdditive manufacturing expertiseStatistical experimental designFailure analysisAccountabilityInterdisciplinary relationshipsCollaborationPassion for fast-paced environment

Required

Bachelor's degree in materials science or engineering, or related field

7+ years of relevant turbomachinery materials experience

Experience with general propulsion hardware M&P activities, such as material selection, qualification, damage tolerance, inspections, risk assessments, and failure analysis

Experience performing material and part qualifications for either AM laser powder bed fusion systems or traditional material forming (wrought, forgings, castings)

A core commitment to accountability, collaboration, and execution

A desire to establish and foster strong interdisciplinary relationships across the company

An authentic, introspective, and inclusive mindset towards technical, interpersonal, team growth, and development

Passion to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment on constantly iterating turbomachinery products + processes, driving big impact on critical program needs as we ramp manufacturing rate + achieve reuse