Senior Additive Weld Engineer – Aerospace Manufacturing

Socket.dev; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning & development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in California is seeking a Staff Weld Engineer to lead the industrialization of additive weld technologies, translating development into production-ready processes for flight hardware.

You’ll guide cross-functional teams, define data-driven process controls, and drive technology maturation to scale new capabilities within Horizon Manufacturing Technologies. This role emphasizes precision, collaboration, and measurable improvements in production capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) Additive Manufacturing.
• Proven experience working with robotic welding systems and a working knowledge of industrial automation and control integration.
• A sharp attention to detail and a drive to push technologies beyond their current limits.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on process efficiency and quality enhancement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the industrialization of additive weld technologies, translating development capabilities into robust, repeatable, and production-ready manufacturing processes for flight hardware.
• Own the technical transition from development to production, establishing the process architecture, controls, qualification strategy, and manufacturing readiness required to realize new technologies at scale.
• Define and implement data-driven process control strategies, including process baselines, control limits, variation studies, and statistical methods to establish stable, capable, and repeatable production processes.
• Serve as a technical authority for additive welding and manufacturing, guiding cross-functional teams through complex processes, equipment, materials, and production challenges while establishing the technical direction for next-generation capabilities.
• Lead technology maturation and integration, identifying promising development technologies and driving their evaluation, qualification, and deployment into production manufacturing systems.
• Establish scalable pathways from innovation to production, balancing technical performance, manufacturability, reliability, automation, and operational requirements to accelerate adoption of new additive manufacturing capabilities.
• Influence cross-functional engineering development teams, aligning development priorities with product requirements and ensuring emerging technologies deliver measurable improvements to production capability, quality, and performance.

Skills

GMAW Additive Manufacturing

Robotic welding systems

Industrial automation

Process improvement

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Welding Engineering

Tools

Fronius Weld systems

Job description

Relativity Space in California is seeking a Staff Weld Engineer to lead the industrialization of additive weld technologies, translating development into production-ready processes for flight hardware.

You’ll guide cross-functional teams, define data-driven process controls, and drive technology maturation to scale new capabilities within Horizon Manufacturing Technologies. This role emphasizes precision, collaboration, and measurable improvements in production capability.