Senior Materials & Processes Engineer, Adhesives and Sealants

The role

The Senior Materials & Processes Engineer will be the M&P discipline expert for all Terran-R adhesives and sealants. This role involves owning adhesive and sealant interaction in sensitive environments, developing technical specifications, and driving experimental design and process improvement.

What you will do

• Be the M&P discipline expert for all Terran-R adhesives & sealants
• Own adhesive & sealant interaction and usage in sensitive Terran-R environments
• Identify qualification envelopes, form test plans, execute characterization campaigns, and analyze data
• Develop, implement, and maintain technical specifications and engineering standards
• Drive statistically-driven experimental design and process improvement campaigns
• Interface with materials engineers to identify and fill technology gaps
• Interface with laboratory staff to characterize materials and processes
• Support Responsible Engineers with materials selection, design, analysis, qualification, failure analysis, flight, and reuse
• Work with Manufacturing and TPS engineers to develop processes and troubleshoot issues
• Build reliability and supply chain to ensure compliance and reliability

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience relevant to the competencies listed below
• Experience with general M&P activities, such as formulation, material selection, process development, qualification, damage tolerance, inspections, risk assessments, and failure analysis

Nice to have

• Demonstrated hands-on ownership of non-metallic materials and processes for use in aerospace products, such as structural & non-structural adhesives, sealants, and elastomers
• Primers, paints, and coatings for corrosion, thermal, and electrical applications
• Potting, staking, and conformal coats
• Elastomeric gaskets and seals
• Other polymeric material systems for non-structural and structural applications
• Dry film lubricants and greases
• Expertise with contamination control and outgassing principles
• Expertise with non-metallic testing standards and procedures
• Understanding of cryogenic and high temperature non-metallic material behavior in launch vehicle relevant environments

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy
• Parental leave
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The company is developing the Terran R vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit.