Senior Materials & Processes Engineer, Powder Bed Fusion

The role

This person will be the M&P discipline expert for Powder Bed Fusion additive manufacturing of reusable launch vehicle products. They will qualify PBF materials and products for flight and reuse while driving system level requirements and workflows.

What you will do

• 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
• Interface with Materials engineering staff to identify, define, and fill critical technology gaps
• Interface with Laboratory staff to characterize PBF materials and processes
• Interface with Design Engineers for product materials selection, allowables development, analysis, qualification, flight, and reuse

Required qualifications

• 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

Nice to have

• Industry-leading expertise in metal PBF additive manufacturing for production of reusable rocket engine or aerospace parts
• Expertise in nickel, ferrous, aluminum, or titanium alloy systems
• Metallic AM experience beyond PBF: EBAM, LP-DED, WAAM, Cold Spray, etc.
• Metallic fusion welding M&P expertise in Laser Welding, EBW, GTAW, GMAW, etc.
• Metallic wrought, forging, or casting M&P expertise
• Knowledge of surface modification processes and coatings relevant to inhibit surface damage + corrosion of reusable rocket parts
• Statistical experimental design and design allowable calculation methodology expertise

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 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.