Lead Additive Welding Engineer — Production, Innovation & Equity

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking a senior engineer to lead the industrialization of additive welding for flight hardware. You will own the transition from development to production, defining process architecture, controls, and qualification strategies to scale new technologies.

You’ll guide cross-functional teams, implement data-driven process control, and push manufacturing capabilities toward higher throughput, reliability, and quality.

Qualifications

• Experience with Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) additive manufacturing.
• Robotic welding systems experience required.
• Working knowledge of industrial automation and control integration.
• Attention to detail and drive to push technologies beyond limits.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for process efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead the industrialization of additive weld technologies for flight hardware.
• Own the transition from development to production, defining process architecture and readiness.
• Define data-driven process control strategies and statistical methods for stability.
• Serve as technical authority for additive welding and manufacturing across teams.
• Drive maturation and deployment of new development technologies into production.
• Establish scalable pathways from innovation to production balancing performance and manufacturability.
• Influence cross-functional teams to deliver measurable improvements in quality and capability.

Skills

GMAW Additive

Robotic welding

Industrial automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering

Tools

Fronius Weld systems

Job description

Relativity Space is seeking a senior engineer to lead the industrialization of additive welding for flight hardware. You will own the transition from development to production, defining process architecture, controls, and qualification strategies to scale new technologies.

You’ll guide cross-functional teams, implement data-driven process control, and push manufacturing capabilities toward higher throughput, reliability, and quality.