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Overview

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Weld Engineer I role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and optimize fusion welding processes for the Terran R vehicle.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and optimize fusion welding processes for Terran R.
  • Partner with manufacturing teams to provide technical support for welding operations and troubleshoot issues.
  • Serve as the accountable weld engineer for a range of stage hardware, including transfer tubes and fluid assemblies.
  • Ensure process quality control and documentation meet required standards and implement corrective actions.

Requirements

  • B.S. in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 1+ years of experience with welding processes (GTAW, GMAW, OTW, laser welding) and industry specifications.
  • 1+ years of experience in a high-paced production manufacturing environment.
  • Strong curiosity and bias for action, with a hands-on approach and extreme ownership mentality.

Benefits

  • PTO

Benefits

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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $54/hr, this posting sits about 26% above the $43/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA — toward the top of a $32–$58/hr middle band drawn from 28 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 33 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 14 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across California as a whole we're tracking 432 other active welding openings from 205 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Long Beach, or widen the search to California.

Relativity Space currently has 9 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (28), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (18), and Honeywell Aerospace (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Santa Ana at $48/hr, Long Beach at $43/hr, and El Segundo at $43/hr. Long Beach is among them.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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