Manufacturing Engineer I: Forming & Press Brake Ops

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO

Sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in Long Beach, CA is seeking a manufacturing engineer focused on forming operations to deliver high-quality primary structure components for Terran R. You will own forming processes, bring online a press brake work center, and drive improvements across roll forming and related tooling.

You will create clear work instructions, support cross-functional teams, and provide manufacturing feedback during development and flight builds, leveraging GD&T and NX-based designs to push

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 1+ years progressive and related experience required, including internship experience.
• History of improving manufacturing processes and ability to independently identify and lead development projects.
• Strong engineering fundamentals in process improvement, forming, metallic processing, mechanics of materials.
• Deep knowledge of common metallic manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods and GD&T
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability
• Strong 3D & 2D design/drafting skills per ASME Y14.5M (NX preferred)

Responsibilities

• Own forming operations within the work center, responsible for delivery of all formed products and improving roll forming and press brake processes
• Bring online a press brake work center and lead the development effort for the company to be capable of forming up to 20’ sheets of material for our rocket primary structure
• Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes
• Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team
• Support the shop floor through live issue resolution and provide upstream feedback as we innovate the next generation of manufacturing technology
• Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during the development phase and through the first prototype and flight builds

Skills

Forming processes

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing or mechanical engineering

Tools

NX CAD

3D drafting

GD&T

Job description

Relativity Space in Long Beach, CA is seeking a manufacturing engineer focused on forming operations to deliver high-quality primary structure components for Terran R. You will own forming processes, bring online a press brake work center, and drive improvements across roll forming and related tooling.

You will create clear work instructions, support cross-functional teams, and provide manufacturing feedback during development and flight builds, leveraging GD&T and NX-based designs to push