Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer I

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Equity

Job summary

Relativity Space on the Terran R program seeks a manufacturing-focused engineer to cover primary structure assembly and drive process improvements on the shop floor. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, reliability, and external vendors to keep production moving and to implement best practices.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 1+ years of relevant experience, with strong fundamentals in mechanics, GD&T, and machining.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 1+ years progressive and related experience required.
• Hands-on history supporting complex assembly builds and able to make risk decisions to keep production moving.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups for manufacturability inputs.
• Strong fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement, factory design, fastening and joining, machining.
• Knowledge of drilling, trim operations, other manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods and GD&T.
• Highly self-motivated with ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Responsibilities

• Cover the shop floor for primary structure assembly work centers and keep production moving.
• Champion process improvements across work centers to enhance assembly operations and learnings from first Terran R build.
• Collaborate with engineers, production teams, and vendors to drive progress and leverage expertise.
• Create work instructions, specs, and best practices across high-fidelity processes; help standardize processes.
• Provide DFA feedback to structures teams during development and prototype/flight builds.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Aero/Mechanical engineering

Process improvement

GD&T knowledge

Statics & mechanics

Project coordination

Strong communication

High-pressure environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Machining tools

Inspection methods

GD&T tools

Job description

Relativity Space on the Terran R program seeks a manufacturing-focused engineer to cover primary structure assembly and drive process improvements on the shop floor. You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, reliability, and external vendors to keep production moving and to implement best practices.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 1+ years of relevant experience, with strong fundamentals in mechanics, GD&T, and machining.