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Machining Specialist III at Relativity Space
Long Beach, CaliforniaFull-timeEngine ManufacturingPosted 14 days ago
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<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the Team: </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Engine Manufacturing team is dedicated to delivering high-performance engines and advancing innovative manufacturing systems that continuously improve cost, quality, and lead time. You’re not just executing on designs; you actively provide input that shapes new hardware iterations and regularly interface with engineers to make critical decisions for the Aeon R program. Having successfully developed and refined processes for our initial development engines, the team is now focused on producing flight engines at rate for Terran R’s aggressive launch manifest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About the Role:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Create Process Plans, Standard Operating Procedures, Inspection Plans, Work Holding Designs, and other supporting documents to define the process to manufacture parts.</span> </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Improve manufacturing processes through developing and deploying new technologies and methodologies. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Advise on Design for Manufacturability methodologies to upstream partners. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Articulate manufacturing, fixturing, and inspection method for a design concepts, GD&T requirements, and datum structures to inform design choices. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Recommend novel designs or design updates to improve manufacturability </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="12" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Analyze and improve processes that create non-conforming hardware. Investigate root causes and determine corrective actions. <span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">About You:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="o" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">8 years of progressive and related CNC Machining experience required </span> </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="o" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Knowledge of machining and GD&T <span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="o" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Proficiency in CAD and CAM software </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="o" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Understanding of manufacturing processes, lean principles, and continuous improvement methodologies<span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Nice to haves but not required: </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="o" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span data-contrast="none">Knowledge of metrology and dimensional inspection methods</span> </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" data-leveltext="o" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Calibri","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Knowledge of fixture design and stack-ups analysis <span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></li>
</ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit <a href="https://px.sequoia.com/relativityspace">here.</a></span></p></div><div class="title">Hiring Range:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$44.80</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$61.60 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.</strong></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</strong></span></em></p>
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