Senior Electromechanical Test Engineer, Rocket Manufacturing

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Generous PTO

Sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking a Sr. Test Engineer to own the development, validation, and refinement of test assets for mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems on Terran R production.

You will collaborate with design and manufacturing partners to ensure efficient and scalable test campaigns and provide leadership on test operations and safety compliance. You will lead hands-on testing, analyze data for root cause, and drive improvements across integration testing, tooling, and processes to

Qualifications

• BS degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical or manufacturing engineering with 5+ years of hardware testing in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience authoring test procedures for mechanical, electrical and pneumatic assemblies.
• Experience partnering with design engineering, manufacturing and production teams to execute test procedures and investigations of failures/anomalies.
• Experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scope test systems and process improvements with minimal oversight.
• Expert knowledge of safety standards, common test hazards and mitigations.
• Hands-on experience in at least two: electromechanical or pneumatic assembly, electrical/pneumatic functional checkouts, integrated testing, leak checks, sensor checkouts, HV systems (320V+), high-pressure pneumatics, or instrumentation setup.

Responsibilities

• Own the development, validation, and refinement of test assets and processes across mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems.
• Collaborate with design and manufacturing partners to ensure production testing campaigns are efficient, reliable and scalable.
• Provide technical leadership in workcenter development and guidance on assembly and test operations, safety, tooling, and equipment.
• Provide hands-on support to shop floor and production personnel, address test issues, and give upstream feedback for manufacturability and testability.
• Analyze test data to evaluate assembly performance, identify discrepancies, and lead cross-functional root-cause analyses.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with design, production, supply chain, and quality to ensure seamless test process execution.

Skills

Test procedures

Electromechanical

Pneumatic systems

High voltage systems

Instrumentation setup

Education

BS degree in aerospace/mechanical/electrical/manufacturing engineering

Tools

Test equipment design

Test tooling sourcing

Job description

Relativity Space is seeking a Sr. Test Engineer to own the development, validation, and refinement of test assets for mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems on Terran R production.

You will collaborate with design and manufacturing partners to ensure efficient and scalable test campaigns and provide leadership on test operations and safety compliance. You will lead hands-on testing, analyze data for root cause, and drive improvements across integration testing, tooling, and processes to