Staff Reliability Engineer - Cleanliness & Flight Hardware

Relativity; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking a senior process engineer to own precision cleaning, contamination control, and associated special processes across manufacturing. You will define specs, establish controls, and drive improvements from early development to vehicle integration.

You’ll mentor engineers and collaborate across propulsion, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure hardware reliability. The role emphasizes leadership, technical rigor, and hands-on problem solving in a fast-paced aerospace

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive process engineering in aerospace or high-reliability manufacturing.
• Experience developing, owning, or scaling precision cleaning and contamination control.
• Strong background in process qualification, validation, and inspection methods.

Responsibilities

• Serve as company-wide technical authority for precision cleaning and related special processes.
• Establish and own the special process control framework across production stages.
• Lead development and scaling of precision clean-line capabilities from development to rate production.
• Define engineering specs, cleanliness criteria, inspection methods, and training standards.
• Drive root cause investigations, corrective actions, and risk reduction across teams.
• Act as senior technical leader influencing decisions and mentoring engineers.

Skills

8+ years process engineering

Aerospace manufacturing

Special processes

Statistical process control

Root cause investigations

Quality controls across hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering

MS/PhD in Chemical Engineering or Materials Science (Nice to have)

Tools

IEST-STD-CC1246

Job description

Relativity Space is seeking a senior process engineer to own precision cleaning, contamination control, and associated special processes across manufacturing. You will define specs, establish controls, and drive improvements from early development to vehicle integration.

You’ll mentor engineers and collaborate across propulsion, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure hardware reliability. The role emphasizes leadership, technical rigor, and hands-on problem solving in a fast-paced aerospace