Structures Manufacturing Engineer II

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 a major primary structure assembly station for Terran R, as well as all associated flight parts and assembly processes, defining operational strategies and working to build upon existing methods
• Support the shop floor through live issue resolution and provide upstream feedback as we innovate the next generation of manufacturing technology  
• Generate high quality work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes. Standardize processes where possible, and partner with production team to increase takt and throughput rates.  
• Support conceptual and detailed design of major tooling assemblies alongside tooling engineering. Support procurement, commissioning, and initial trial builds, ensuring tooling is delivered on time and with the right capabilities 
• Represent the manufacturing organization in focused cross-functional teams to down-select concepts that are being evaluated for feasibility  
• Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during the development phase and through the first prototype and flight builds.   

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline with 1+ years of related experience 
• Experience with CAD software such as NX, and basic working knowledge of GD&T  
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with cross-functional teams, including explaining complex topics to non-technical audiences  
• A self-starter who is extremely detailed oriented and organized, able to manage large scope in a fast-paced environment  
• Basic knowledge of vehicle structures, manufacturing and assembly processes, and mechanical components 
• Ability to reason through complex problems and perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals to make informed decisions  

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience with new process introduction in a manufacturing environment and/or building first article assemblies  
• Experience authoring work instructions to build structural assemblies 
• Demonstrated success with improving takt time in a production process, and/or transitioning products from prototype to mass production  
• Working level knowledge of welding (fusion and friction stir welding), machining, precision drilling, mechanical fastening and torquing, tool design and fabrication, NDT, subassembly build, etc.