Senior Materials & Process Engineer – Hybrid Additive

Relativity Space, Inc.; Long Beach (CA); Presencial; USD 150 000 - 226 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Relativity Space is seeking a Staff Materials and Process Engineer to advance hybrid manufacturing for the Terran R program. You will define rules for multi‑additive builds, validate with coupons and test articles, and collaborate across software, production, and quality teams to translate shop knowledge into explicit constraints.

The role emphasizes on‑site work at Relativity Space with strong emphasis on metallurgy, machining integration, and qualification to NAVSEA/MMPDS standards.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of materials and process engineering experience on aerospace or other high‑reliability metal hardware.
• Expertise in physical metallurgy across nickel superalloys, copper alloys, aluminum, and titanium, including solidification, phase transformations, heat treatment, and defect formation.
• Hands‑on experience developing or qualifying directed energy deposition processes (WAAM, laser DED, or electron‑beam DED) and integrating them with CNC machining.
• Experience designing and running test programs (coupons, metallography, NDE, mechanical testing) and generating statistically based design allowables (A‑ and B‑basis) to NAVSEA, MMPDS, or comparable requirements.
• Proficiency in Python or a similar language for data analysis and scripting.

Responsabilidades

• Encode metallurgy and process knowledge into Awerx DFM systems as design rules, process windows, material models, and manufacturability checks, including how agents reason about multi‑additive builds, process interfaces, and deposition‑to‑machining handoffs
• Develop process guidance for directed energy deposition (WAAM and other DED), CNC machining, and their combination, covering near‑net‑shape allowances, fixturing, distortion, and inspection access
• Characterize how process route drives microstructure, residual stress, defects, and properties in nickel superalloys, copper alloys, aluminum, and titanium, and build the materials and process datasets the agents depend on, with clear provenance and uncertainty
• Plan and run validation programs hands‑on in lab and shop environments, including coupons, test articles, heat treatment, NDE, metallography, and mechanical testing, to confirm or correct what the tools predict
• Lead materials and process qualification of hybrid‑manufactured hardware, including qualification plans, process controls, and statistically based design allowables in line with NAVSEA requirements and MMPDS methodology
• Collaborate with software engineers, designers, Relativity’s production, materials, and quality teams, and outside suppliers to specify and review tool features, evaluate agent‑generated designs and process plans, and turn tacit shop knowledge and recurring failure modes into clear, explicit constraints

Conhecimentos

Metallurgy

Aerospace

Python

Materials testing

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science or related field

Ferramentas

Python

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Relativity Space is seeking a Staff Materials and Process Engineer to advance hybrid manufacturing for the Terran R program. You will define rules for multi‑additive builds, validate with coupons and test articles, and collaborate across software, production, and quality teams to translate shop knowledge into explicit constraints.

The role emphasizes on‑site work at Relativity Space with strong emphasis on metallurgy, machining integration, and qualification to NAVSEA/MMPDS standards.