Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer

The role

You will serve as the technical point of contact for rocket parts and assemblies to resolve manufacturing and quality issues. You will lead new product introduction by selecting manufacturing methods, identifying suppliers, and developing scalable processes.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical point of contact for rocket parts and assemblies
• Resolve manufacturing and quality issues to protect production schedules
• Lead new product introduction by selecting manufacturing methods, identifying suppliers, and developing scalable processes
• Conduct design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews and apply APQP principles
• Manage supplier sourcing and evaluations
• Issue corrective actions
• Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and NASA quality standards
• Create and develop specifications to communicate quality and manufacturing requirements
• Analyze defect data and lead root cause investigations
• Implement corrective actions to improve supplier performance

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, or related STEM field
• 8+ years of experience in supplier quality or supplier development engineering
• In-depth knowledge of industry standards like AS9100, ISO 9001, and NASA quality standards
• ERP/MRP system experience
• Technical and experiential knowledge of manufacturing processes for space-quality hardware including forming, cutting, machining, and assembly of various metals like stainless and carbon steels
• Experience with supplier quality processes such as Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), and First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs)
• Disciplined approach to problem solving, such as 8D methodology
• Experience with New Product Development and PPAP implementation
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the work week when needed

Nice to have

• Familiarity with high-volume inspection methods and data-driven acceptance methods
• Strong knowledge of enterprise applications (i.e., PLM, ERP, MES) and proficient in data analysis
• Self-starter that has demonstrated the ability to define and own a process from scratch and roll out that process through adept communication to a diverse team
• Experience with New Product Development and PPAP implementation

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.