Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer, Powder Bed Fusion

Company Overview:  

We invented a new approach to design, build, and fly our own rockets, starting with Terran 1 – the world’s first entirely 3D printed rocket and Terran R our reusable next generation 3D printed rocket.

Using our vertically integrated technology platform, leveraging additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics to deliver superiority over traditional aerospace manufacturing methods, we’re disrupting 60 years of aerospace with our novelty approach to get to space, Mars, and beyond faster, more cost-effective, and more reliable.

We believe in a future where interplanetary life fundamentally expands the possibilities for human experience. Our long-term vision is to upgrade humanity’s industrial base on Earth and on Mars.

Team:  

The Powder Bed Fusion team at Relativity Space develops, evaluates, and optimizes the additive manufacturing process for next-gen liquid propulsion products. This world class team puts in place the machines, materials, and process for us to rapidly iterate and deliver on Aeon-R hardware. The team is crucial to developing and demonstrating groundbreaking technologies, design, and approaches for Terran-R. 

What you’ll do: 

As the Manufacturing Process Engineer, you are responsible for the production of Aeon-R products across our Powder Bed Fusion Printers and post processing equipment.

You will: 

• Support the installation, commissioning, and operation of Additive Manufacturing equipment
• Perform process validations (IQ/OQ/PQ)
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, Checklists, and Safety Protocols for Additive Manufacturing equipment
• Responsible for establishing of process flow and production line layout to meet production rate and quality goals
• Timely execute Powder Bed Fusion 3D printing activities to support daily production
• Communicate roadblocks to team leaders and technicians promptly to appropriately react, contain, and recover
• Resolve non-conformances and perform root cause following through with corrective actions
• Perform manufacturing ROI and cost trade analysis optimizing machine capital and process improvements
• Develop and implement tooling and Statistical Process Control into production processes to further improve reliability and reduce cost and lead time
• Develop tools to appropriately track production metrics and machine performance

What you need to know: 

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 3-5 years of experience with Powder Bed Fusion machines and processes
• Experience in ISO 9001/AS9100 manufacturing environments
• Experience with Standard Operating Procedures and training documentation
• Demonstrated ability to define and implement new engineering processes
• Effectively communicate technical information within a diverse team

Nice to haves but not required: 

• Six-Sigma Greenbelt, SPC, & DOE
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing practices, such as, 5S or Six Sigma

Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous vacation policy, an annual L&D stipend and more! 

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.

 

The below-range represents Relativity Space’s current good-faith pay scale for this role.  Relativity Space reserves the right to modify or update this range at any time.

Compensation is only one part of our entire total rewards package. To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here: https://px.sequoia.com/relativityspaceHiring Range:$127,000—$163,000 USD