Staff Process Engineer, LP-DED Additive
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Job Location:
Long Beach, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 155000 - 197000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Relativity Space were building rockets to serve todays needs and tomorrows breakthroughs. OurTerran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit meeting the growing demand for launchcapacity. But thats just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock newopportunities to advance science exploration and innovation pioneering progress that reaches beyondthe known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy ownership and impact exist at every level. Here youre not just executing tasks; youre solving problems that havent been solved before helping develop a rocket a factory and a business from the ground up. Whether youre in propulsion manufacturing software avionics or a corporate function youll collaborate across teams shape decisions and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand and your voice will help define the stories were writing together. Nowis a unique moment in time where its early enough to leave your mark on the product the process andthe culture but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The mostmeaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Engine Manufacturing team is dedicated to delivering high-performance engines and advancing innovative manufacturing systems that continuously improve cost quality and lead time. Youre not just executing on designs; you actively provide input that shapes new hardware iterations and regularly interface with engineers to make critical decisions for the Aeon R program. Having successfully developed and refined processes for our initial development engines the team is now focused on producing flight engines at rate for Terran Rs aggressive launch manifest.
About the Role:
- Own and drive implementation of LP-DED Additive at Relativity for Aeon-R Engine Hardware overseeing first prints in the factory to optimized production.
- Develop validate and optimize operations processes and the LP-DED work center to enable reliable at-rate production while maintaining quality cost and safety targets.
- Define and deploy process controls standard work and documentation that scale with increasing production demand.
- Lead troubleshooting and root-cause investigations on first-time and recurring issues implementing sustainable corrective actions.
- Support training and enablement of production teams to ensure long-term operational ownership of the technology.
About You:
- Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace mechanical manufacturing engineering or equivalent.
- 5 years of experience in aerospace or precision manufacturing environments with a focus on producing high-stakes mission-critical hardware.
- 5 years of direct experience in additive operations additive manufacturing (powder-based preferred) and post-processing specifically in a production environment.
- Extensive experience authoring work instructions and/or process procedures to manufacture complex assemblies.
- Experience interfacing with design engineering manufacturing and production personnel in a production environment.
- Experience in executing and driving projects in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to haves but not required:
- Direct experience working with LP-DED technology in a manufacturing role.
- Experience manufacturing precision hardware for rocket engines or similar.
- Experience in scaling new processes from development to high-rate production.
At Relativity Space we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience qualifications and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity a generous PTO and sick leave policy parental leave an annual learning and development stipend and more!To see some of the benefits & perks we offer please visit here.
Hiring Range:
$155000 - $197000 USD
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.
If you need a reasonable accommodation please contact us at .
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
A rocket company at the core, Relativity Space is on a mission to become the next great commercial launch company.
