Senior Supplier Development Engineer

Overview 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, unlocking opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation. Join us to help shape a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Joining Relativity means becoming part of a culture where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. You’ll collaborate across teams to solve problems that haven’t been solved before and see your work come to life in record time. About the Team The Quality team is focused on embedding quality into every part of the design and production process for Terran R. The team embeds themselves within design, manufacturing, test, and launch to stay close to hardware, understand constraints, and proactively shape decisions. As we move into production and scaled operations, the team builds the right processes, controls, and inspections to balance risk and maintain reliability, enabling a quality system that scales with Terran R and Relativity as a whole. About the Role Serve as the technical point of contact for rocket parts and assemblies, resolving manufacturing and quality issues to protect production schedules. Lead new product introduction by selecting manufacturing methods, identifying suppliers, and developing scalable processes. Conduct design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews and apply APQP principles to ensure efficient, high-quality production from early development stages. Leverage experience with Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs), and 8D problem solving. Manage supplier sourcing and evaluations, issue corrective actions, and ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and NASA quality standards. Create and develop specifications to communicate quality and manufacturing requirements across the supply base. Analyze defect data, lead root cause investigations (e.g., 8D, PPAP, FAIR), and implement corrective actions to improve supplier performance. About You You have 8+ years of experience in supplier quality or supplier development engineering, with in-depth knowledge of industry standards like AS9100, ISO 9001, and NASA quality standards and ERP/MRP system experience. You have strong technical and experiential knowledge of manufacturing processes for space-quality hardware, including forming, cutting, machining, and assembly of metals such as stainless and carbon steels. You have experience with supplier quality processes such as PPAP, APQP, and FAIRs with a disciplined approach to problem solving (e.g., 8D). You have experience with New Product Development and PPAP implementation. You are a self-starter who can define and own a process from scratch and roll it out to a diverse team, with willingness to travel up to 50% of the work week when needed. Nice to have Familiarity with high-volume inspection methods and data-driven acceptance methods Strong knowledge of enterprise applications (PLM, ERP, MES) and proficiency in data analysis Self-starter who has demonstrated the ability to define and own a process from scratch and communicate it to a diverse team Experience with New Product Development and PPAP implementation At Relativity Space, compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors. Compensation is one part of our total rewards package, which includes salary and equity, PTO and sick leave, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more. To see some of the benefits and perks we offer, please visit our benefits page. Hiring Range:

$120,000—$154,000 USD Equal Opportunity We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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