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Relativity

Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Turbomachinery

Relativity, Long Beach, California, us, 90899

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Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Turbomachinery – Long Beach, California 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. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known. Joining Relativity means belonging to a team where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. You’ll collaborate across teams to solve challenging problems and contribute to building a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, while Terran R is tangible and gaining momentum. We’re excited to see what you’ll accomplish with us. About the Team: 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’ll 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 scale for Terran R’s aggressive launch manifest. About the Role: As a Turbomachinery Engineer, you will produce components and assemblies for the fuel and oxidizer turbopumps of the Aeon-R and Aeon-R Vac engines. You will own the manufacturing trades and develop the processes for fabricating, testing, and delivering critical Aeon-R hardware and subassemblies. You will serve as the main point-of-contact between the manufacturing and design teams as we optimize Aeon-R architecture and scale manufacturing operations. To be successful in this role, you should thrive in ambiguity and drive your own projects to completion. You must have the passion, tenacity and resolve to work through challenging issues unique to rocket turbopumps and additively manufactured hardware. We are looking for someone multifaceted, capable of working at the interfaces of design, development, and analysis of turbomachinery. Ideally, you are someone who has come from a fast-paced, aerospace environment, having completed difficult projects while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary groups. About You: Degree in engineering or related technical field and 12+ years of relevant experience Experience with turbopump assembly procedures, including rotor balancing, interference fits, clearance checks, structural proofing, and leak checks Manufacturing Process Experience: Fluids Testing, Machining, Additive Knowledge of general assembly and test procedures, including tolerance stack-up analysis, structural proof testing, and pressurized leak checks Experience with Siemens NX or other CAD and analysis tools Experience with Tooling design, including conceptualization, modeling and drafting, and detailed analysis Nice to have but not required: Experience working with additively manufactured engine hardware Experience with GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and industry specifications Experience in a startup or agile development environment Experience working in a flight development program Compensation and Benefits At Relativity Space, compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors. Compensation is one part of a total rewards package, which includes competitive salary and equity, PTO and sick leave, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more. For details on benefits and the compensation range, please refer to the posting. Compensation Range:

$155,000 - $197,000 USD Equal Opportunity We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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