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Relativity Space · 2 weeks ago

Sr Materials & Processes Engineer, Powder Bed Fusion (PBF)

Long Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$133K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

Relativity Space is building rockets to meet the growing demand for launch capacity and advance science and exploration. The Sr Materials & Processes Engineer will be the expert in Powder Bed Fusion additive manufacturing, qualifying materials for flight and reuse, and driving process improvements while collaborating with various engineering teams.

3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Be the M&P discipline expert for Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing of reusable launch vehicle products

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

Qualify PBF materials and products for flight + reuse

Drive system level requirements and workflows to qualify PBF materials + parts for damage tolerant design, inspection, flight, and reuse

Develop, implement, and maintain technical specifications and engineering standards for our PBF materials

Drive PBF material process improvement campaigns in partnership with the PBF engineering team

Interface with:

PBF Engineering + Production staff to iterate and qualify PBF processes

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

Laboratory staff to characterize PBF 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 from our PBF printed materials

Quality assurance to facilitate specification compliance validation across all PBF processes

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

Relativity + Customer Fracture Control Boards to achieve vehicle reuse with PBF printed parts

Company Leadership to elevate risks and power through roadblocks

Qualification

Powder Bed FusionMaterials EngineeringMaterial QualificationAdditive ManufacturingFailure AnalysisAccountabilityInterdisciplinary RelationshipsCollaboration

Required

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

5+ years of relevant materials engineering 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 AM PBF hardware

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 PBF printed rocket engine products, driving big impact on critical program needs as we ramp manufacturing rate + achieve reuse