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Relativity Space · 1 day ago

Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Primary Structures

Long Beach, California

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$155K/yr - $197K/yr

8+ years exp

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Staff Manufacturing Engineer will provide Design for Manufacturing feedback, collaborate with engineers and production teams, and champion process improvements to enhance assembly operations for the Terran R vehicle.

3D TechnologyAerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during the development phase and through the first prototype and flight builds

Collaborate closely with a diverse team of engineers specializing in design, manufacturing, and reliability, as well as internal production teams and external vendors, leveraging their collective expertise to drive progress

Cover the shop floor for all primary structure work center assembly work, clearing barriers and keeping production moving

Champion process improvements across multiple work centers to improve assembly operations and incorporate feedback and learnings from the first Terran R build

Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes. Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team

Qualification

Manufacturing EngineeringDesign for ManufacturingProcess ImprovementMechanical EngineeringAerospace ExperienceInterpersonal SkillsProject ManagementCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline

8+ years progressive and related experience required

Strong history of supporting complicated assembly builds and capable of making risk decisions on a regular basis to disposition issues during build and keep production moving

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability

Strong engineering fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement/factory design, fastening and joining, machining

Expert knowledge of common drilling and trim ops, other manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods and GD&T