Benchwork Technician II, First Shift

Relativity Space; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 34,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in New York, NY is seeking a hands-on manufacturing associate to support engine hardware production in a high-rate shop environment. The role focuses on benchwork, cleaning, deburring, and CNC-related maintenance, ensuring parts meet engineering specs and quality standards.

The job involves maintaining tooling inventories, coordinating with vendors, and performing routine shop housekeeping.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in benchwork and/or clean line.
• Post process machined components exiting the machine shop.
• Precision deburr of sharp edges.
• Bore scope inspection.
• Perform preventive maintenance on CNC Machines.
• Precision cleaning and handling of components.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with vendors to order tooling and maintain inventory.
• Maintain a live inventory of used cutters cutting tool holders and used tooling.
• Deburr machined parts according to engineering drawings.
• Verify surface finishes to ensure conformity with engineering specifications.
• Perform cleaning of parts to prepare them for further processing.
• Maintain general shop housekeeping and perform routine maintenance tasks.

Skills

Benchwork

CNC maintenance

Bore scope

Precision cleaning

Inventory mgmt

Tools

CNC Machines

Job description

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. OurTerran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launchcapacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock newopportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyondthe 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. Nowis a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, andthe culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The mostmeaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team:

The engine manufacturing department’s mission is to product high performing products & manufacturing systems by continuously innovating on cost, quality, and lead time. Through cross-functional collaboration, high levels of accountability, and a focus on safety we support the Terran R program. We are responsible for providing design feedback on new hardware iterations, developing new manufacturing methods and systems, and ultimately building engine and vehicle hardware for testing prior to our first launch. Our team’s highlights from the last 6 months include the MDC of the first Aeon-R engine, completing thousands of hours of PBF printing, building and testing over 50 valves of 26 different iterations, and implementing large scale process improvements along the way.

This is a first shift position with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, 5:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PT. The role is structured around a 50-hour workweek, including 10 guaranteed overtime hours each week.

About the Role:

• Collaborate with vendors to order tooling and maintain general inventory
• Maintain a live inventory of used cutters cutting tool holders and used tooling
• Deburr machined parts according to engineering drawings
• Verify surface finishes to ensure conformity with engineering specifications
• Perform cleaning of parts to prepare them for further processing
• Maintain general shop housekeeping and perform routine maintenance tasks

About You:

• 2+ years experience working in benchwork and/or clean line
• Post process machined components exiting the machine shop
• Precision deburr of sharp edges
• Bore scope inspection
• Perform preventive maintenance on CNC Machines
• Precision cleaning and handling of component

Nice to haves, but not required:

• FOD Mitigation
• FOD inspection and removal

  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.

  Hiring Range:

  $24.86—$37.28 USD

  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.

  If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail].

  Please note:

  Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.