Senior Manager, Tooling Engineering

Long Beach, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 192000 - 213000

Posted on: 28 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 Tooling and Factory Automation team sits at the intersection of design manufacturing and automation making everything from large-scale structural fixtures to small tools that directly enable Terran Rs production. As a design group embedded within the manufacturing organization we dig deep into the needs of our internal partners to understand root problems propose solutions and deliver hardware to help build faster scale smarter and work better. The team is also at the forefront of Relativitys growing factory automation efforts an increasingly critical part of scaling production of Terran R at existing and future facilities. Youll have the autonomy to make decisions field solutions and see them in action on the factory floor. Ultimately youre not just designing tools or automated processes; youre defining how rockets and factories get built.

About the Role:

Lead and develop a high-performing team of tooling engineers delivering solutions that enable safe efficient and repeatable production.
Define and execute the long-term tooling strategy aligning priorities across design manufacturing and operations to support current and future production goals.
Oversee design fabrication and commissioning of complex tooling systems that improve manufacturability quality and throughput across multiple work centers.
Manage the tooling project portfolio driving cost schedule and technical performance to ensure readiness for both production and development programs.
Partner with design engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure tooling readiness for new product introductions and continuous product evolution.
Standardize best practices for design documentation preventive maintenance and configuration control to ensure reliability and compliance across all tooling assets.

About You:

Bachelors degree in Mechanical Manufacturing or Aerospace Engineering (or equivalent experience).
8 years of experience in tooling design manufacturing engineering or related field with 3 years in people leadership.
Expertise with CAD and PLM systems (e.g. NX Teamcenter CATIA SolidWorks).
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale tooling initiatives for complex hardware (structures assemblies or propulsion).
Strong understanding of GD&T tolerance analysis materials and manufacturing processes (machining composites weldments additive). Proven ability to manage cross-functional programs balancing cost schedule and performance.

Nice to haves but not required:

Experience in aerospace automotive or oil & gas production environments with rapid development cycles.
Background in Lean manufacturing and Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
Experience with factory automation lifting and handling systems or test tooling.
Strong leadership presence with ability to coach and scale engineering organizations.

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:

$192000 - $213000 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.

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Required Experience:

Senior Manager