Manufacturing Engineer I, Stage Forming

The role

This person will own forming operations within the work center and improve roll forming and press brake processes. They will lead the development of a press brake work center to form up to 20 foot sheets of material for rocket primary structures.

What you will do

• Own Forming operations within the work center
• Improve roll forming and press brake process
• Bring online a press brake work center
• Lead development effort to form up to 20’ sheets of material
• Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices
• Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team
• Support the shop floor through live issue resolution
• Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline
• 1+ years progressive and related experience required, including internship experience
• History of improving manufacturing processes
• Ability to independently identify and lead development projects
• Strong engineering fundamentals in process improvement, forming, metallic processing, mechanics of materials
• Deep knowledge of common metallic manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods and GD&T
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong 3D & 2D design/drafting skills per ASME Y14.5M

Nice to have

• Direct experience with roll forming and press brake forming aluminum alloys
• New product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system with proven success
• Experience in managing projects in a fast-paced environment
• NX

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. They are developing the Terran R vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit.