At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll 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 we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape is the only place where you see it all come together, offering a level of exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program. This is where first flights happen, where history is built on top of history, and where the scale of what's underway is unlike anything in modern aerospace. The mission stays the same, but the work evolves with every milestone: from first launch to reuse, high-cadence operations, and beyond. If you're looking to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook, not just repeat what’s already been done, this is where it happens.
About the Role:
- Support the development of world-class test and launch sites through hands-on engineering and project leadership.
- Lead manufacturing and integration projects from initiation through successful completion.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including fluids, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering disciplines.
- Evaluate and implement optimal manufacturing and integration solutions in coordination with Test and Launch design engineers.
- Manage fabrication and integration efforts, including oversight of third-party vendors and contractors.
- Own integration processes and ensure alignment with high-level project objectives.
- Provide input on and approve designs for manufacturability, ensuring selected techniques and processes meet required tolerances.
- Balance considerations around cost, quality, and schedule while identifying optimization opportunities across trade-offs.
- Maintain attention to detail in daily work while maintaining a strategic perspective on overall project goals.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, or related discipline).
- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, with an emphasis on large precision structural systems.
- Proficiency with CAD tools such as NX, Creo, SolidWorks, or CATIA.
- Strong analytical skills including hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
- Experience with full lifecycle structural builds, including lifting/rigging, integration, and proof testing.
- Familiarity with field fabrication techniques including line boring, match drilling, milling, and metrology for tight tolerances.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Working knowledge of GD&T and ability to interpret and create detailed drawings.
Nice to haves but not required:
- 10+ years of experience in a full-cycle design or manufacturing engineering role.
- Experience with ANSYS, FEMAP, and advanced FEA tools.
- Prior work with large-scale aluminum or steel structures, mechanisms, or launch GSE operations.
- Familiarity with AFSPCMAN 91-710 and working with government agencies (DoD, USAF, NASA).
- Experience in the aerospace or space launch industry.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
- Advanced proficiency with Siemens NX CAD software.
- Experience in checking and reviewing engineering drawings with a focus on GD&T accuracy.
Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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.
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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