Waterjet Operator II

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, fully re-useable 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:

• Responsible for operation, loading and unloading material and parts, proving programs, operating controls, setting offsets, deburring, and inspection of quality parts for conformance to requirements.
• Studies and interprets drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished products, sequence of operations and set up requirements.  
• Ensure production rates are met or exceeded.  
• Detects equipment malfunctions or out of tolerance machining and adjusts machine, within capabilities, controls or control media as required to ensure quality of productions. Reports all machine malfunctions to Management.  
• Communicates with management, production control, quality, and other shop personnel for assignments and to resolve machining or quality issues.  
• Responsible for keeping equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.  
• Suggest and implement improvements.
• Communicates all production related items to next shift Waterjet operator or shift supervisor.  
• Completes all required safety procedures prior to and during operations.
• May perform other duties as assigned by management. 

About You:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in operating machinery and performing as a mechanical technician in a hardware production environment.
• Proficiency in computer skills, with a basic understanding of CAD software.
• Forklift operation experience is required.
• Fundamental math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, geometry, and algebra, for material fabrication calculations.
• Competence in reading blueprints and interpreting geometric tolerances.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
• Familiarity with precision measuring instruments and their application, including but not limited to calipers, ID and OD micrometers, depth gages, indicators, and scales.
• Mechanical aptitude and keen attention to detail.
• Ability to follow instructions accurately and work rotating shifts as needed.
• Physical capability to stand for extended periods and lift materials weighing up to 50 lbs.

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.