Sr Materials & Processes Engineer, Powder Bed Fusion (PBF)

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 Materials and NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) team plays a central role in enabling Terran R to fly re-fly and scale: developing characterizing and inspecting materials and processes across all parts of the vehicle. From welding and additive manufacturing to advanced composites the team works at the intersection of innovation and execution balancing performance and reliability with cost quality and schedule. As we move toward first flight and beyond the challenges become more exciting offering opportunities to shape how we design and develop for re-use. With ownership across products systems and disciplines engineers gain broad exposure and drive key decisions across design manufacturing and operations.

About the Role:

• 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
  • Materials engineering staff to identify define and fill critical technology gaps
  • Laboratory staff to characterize PBF materials and processes
  • Design Engineers for product materials selection allowables development analysis qualification flight and reuse
  • Manufacturing Engineers to reduce cost rate while maintaining needed performance from our PBF printed materials
  • Quality assurance to facilitate specification compliance validation across all PBF processes
  • Propulsion Engineers to perform failure analysis root cause and corrective action campaigns when PBF parts fail in service
  • Relativity Customer Fracture Control Boards to achieve vehicle reuse with PBF printed parts
  • Company Leadership to elevate risks and power through roadblocks
    

About You:

• Bachelors degree in materials science or engineering or related field
• 5 years of relevant materials engineering experience
  • Leveling is flexible and will be adjusted for candidates with more 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 driving big impact on critical program needs as we ramp manufacturing rate achieve reuse
  

Nice to haves but not required:

• 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
  

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.

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