Composites Technician II, Drilling & Mechanical Assembly, First Shift

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Composites Technician II for the first shift. The role focuses on precision drilling in composites and metals, plus hardware assembly, trimming, and maintaining safety in a high-paced manufacturing environment.

You will work with engineers and production teams to ensure quality and on-time delivery while upholding strong safety standards and a collaborative team culture. This position is part of the Manufacturing team supporting Terran R production.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of composites drilling and mechanical assembly experience in aerospace or similar industries.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering and production teams.
• Ability to use forklifts or cranes for lifting flight hardware and tooling.
• Set up and operate calibrated tools such as torque wrenches and precision measuring equipment.

Responsibilities

• Drill precision holes in composite and metallic components using appropriate drill motors and tooling.
• Assemble hardware with adhesives, torque fasteners, install inserts, or rivets.
• Hand trim composites hardware with cutoff wheels and routers.
• Uphold Relativity Space safety and shop cleanliness standards.
• Collaborate across teams to support production goals.

Skills

Composites drilling

Mechanical assembly

Tooling setup

Safety & shop cleanliness

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Torque wrenches

Micrometers

Calipers

Height gauges

Pin gauges

Job description

Composites Technician II, Drilling & Mechanical Assembly, First Shift

Long Beach, California

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 Manufacturing team owns all process development, fabrication strategy, and production equipment for Terran R, our next generation, reusable rocket. This team has a wide variety of responsibilities – from factory floor layout, to developing complex tooling for novel processes, and interfacing with our vehicle engineering team to heavily influence design of the rocket. We leverage our deep expertise to translate engineering requirements into highly optimized production lines, working cross functionally to consistently enhance the vehicle program.

This is a 1st shift position with a standard schedule of 5:00AM-3:30PM PT, Monday through Friday. Please note that this position is structured around a baseline expectation of a 50-hour workweek, which may include occasional overtime as needed to meet operational goals.

About the Role:

• Responsible for drilling precision holes in composite and metallic components, including use of the appropriate drill motors and drill sizes, using appropriate tooling/jigs or egg cups and drill bars
• Responsible for assembling hardware using structural adhesives, properly torquing fasteners, installing inserts, or installing rivets
• Responsible for hand trimming composites hardware using cutoff wheels, routers, and appropriate jigs/tools
• Uphold high Relativity Space standards regarding safety and shop cleanliness
• Foster an inclusive environment for all team members

About You:

• High school diploma or equivalent – 2+ years of composites precision drilling and mechanical assembly experience in aerospace or similar industries
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with engineering and production
• Ability to use forklifts or cranes to perform critical lifts of flight hardware and tooling/GSE
• Ability to set up and operate calibrated tools such as torque wrenches, and precision measuring equipment such as micrometers, calipers, height gauges and pin gauges

Nice to haves but not required:

• Experience using Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
• Experience partnering with other business functions to successfully build flight hardware such as manufacturing engineering and quality

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:

$27.20 - $40.80 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.