Senior Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer, Valves
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Job Location:
Long Beach, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 130000 - 166000
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 Components team is responsible for all fluid control devices across Terran R from propulsion to stage systems enabling a more integrated and informed design approach. Engineers own every aspect of multiple products and integrate with partner teams such as Propulsion Avionics and Stage Fluids to ensure their components function seamlessly within the scope of the broader vehicle. With design manufacturing and test assets co-located youll see firsthand how your designs perform and can iterate quickly based on real world data. Were continuously advancing our products including developing novel clean-sheet designs for upcoming vehicle and engine upgrades while creatively improving existing designs to enhance performance reliability and manufacturability.
About the Role:
- Have end-to-end hardware manufacturing ownership of Terran R valves in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous development environment.
- Create constantly improving manufacturing work instructions and lead manufacturing and production strategy for hardware.
- Investigate and resolve hardware non-conformances and drive implementation of corrective actions.
- Design tooling and fixtures for assembly and test.
- Collaborate with design engineers test engineers technicians and internal machine shop for hardware development manufacturing test and scalability for high volume production.
- Support component testing through development qualification and acceptance.
About You:
- Bachelors degree in technical discipline and a minimum of 5 years experience building manufacturing testing or troubleshooting hardware in a manufacturing environment.
- Project Management: Experience interfacing with design engineering manufacturing and production personnel.
- Manufacturing Process Experience: Component testing and qualification Machining Additive
- Ability to effectively investigate and resolve hardware non-conformances and drive implementation of corrective actions.
- Ability to work with and train technicians in a hands-on hardware environment writing work instructions and process plans for complex assemblies.
- Experience with Tooling design using with Siemens NX or other CAD tools including conceptualization modeling and drafting and detailed analysis.
Nice to haves but not required:
- Aerospace valve design or build experience
- Experience transitioning products from development to high volume production
- Experience with Vendor / Supplier Management
- Experience in start-up environment
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:
$130000 - $166000 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:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- CNC Programming
- Lean
- Machining
- Tooling
- CAD
- CNC
- Assembly Experience
- SolidWorks
- Kaizen
- Manufacturing
About Company
A rocket company at the core, Relativity Space is on a mission to become the next great commercial launch company.
