Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Mechanisms

The role

This person will own major mechanized assemblies from design release through integration onto the Terran R launch vehicle. They will drive build and test efforts, support workcenter development, and provide hands-on support to the shop floor.

What you will do

• Own major mechanized assemblies and child components from design release through test and integration.
• Lay out build and test flow for efficient product flow.
• Drive assembly build and test through design integration, part sourcing, and mBOM development.
• Support workcenter development regarding assembly, test, safety, tooling, and capital equipment.
• Provide hands-on support to the shop floor and production personnel.
• Analyze and disposition recurring manufacturing discrepancies.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams on root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Mentor other manufacturing engineers.

Required qualifications

• BS degree in aerospace, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering
• 2+ years of experience building and testing hardware in a manufacturing environment
• Extensive experience developing processes, authoring work instructions and/or test procedures for interdisciplinary assemblies
• Experience interfacing with design engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, planning, and production personnel
• Extensive experience leading, executing and managing large process and/or quality improvements
• Ability to work autonomously with little supervision in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
• Knowledge in at least 2 of the following: fastening and torquing operations, pneumatic and/or electromechanical assembly, electrical and/or pneumatic testing or functional checkouts, tooling design an

Nice to have

• New product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system with proven success
• Transitioning products from prototype to high volume production
• Working knowledge of rocket subsystems including structures, mechanisms, high pressure gas systems and/or avionics
• Expert understanding of GD&T and drafting principles
• Experience in capacity analyses, DFMEA/PFMEA, value stream mapping

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.