Structures Manufacturing Engineer I, Mechanical Assembly

Company Overview:

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

About the Team: 

The Manufacturing team at Relativity Space is currently deep in manufacturing trades and process development for Terran R, our next generation, reusable rocket. This team has a wide variety of responsibilities—from determining the most efficient factory floor layout, to developing and implementing complex tooling and processes, and even interfacing with the vehicle engineering team to heavily influence the design of the rocket. Unique to Relativity, you will get to work across many teams to iterate and support development of the vehicle program.

About the Role:

• Own/Co-Own a major primary structure assembly and its child subassemblies from design release through ATP Test—lay out the build flow to ensure an efficient, high-quality product flow capable of scaling with time.  
• Collaborate closely with a diverse team of engineers specializing in design, manufacturing, and reliability, as well as internal production teams and external vendors, leveraging their collective expertise to drive progress. 
• Generate the mBOMs, CONOPS, build schedule, and maintain throughout the development process. 
• Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes. Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team.  
• Help establish the stations within the inaugural work cell by considering assembly operations, tooling and capital equipment requirements, and rate targets.   
• Support the shop floor through live issue resolution and provide upstream feedback as we innovate the next generation of manufacturing technology.   
• Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during the development phase and through the first prototype and flight builds.  
• Develop strong working relationships with both Engineering and Factory Development teams to ensure all company objectives can be reached. 

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in aeronautical, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline with 1+ years progressive and related experience
• 3D & 2D design/drafting skills per ASME Y14.5M (NX preferred) 
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability 
• Working knowledge of primary vehicle structures, machining, assembly process, & tooling 
• Basic knowledge of GD&T 
• Ability to perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals 

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience transitioning products from prototype to mass production 
• New product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system with proven success 
• Experience in managing