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Overview

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to meet the growing demand for launch capacity, with a focus on the Terran R vehicle. The Senior Integration Technician will play a critical role in assembling, testing, and installing flight hardware, contributing to the development of a next-generation reusable rocket.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure that various components and systems of flight hardware are assembled, tested, and installed with the highest quality.
  • Operate in a fast-paced manufacturing environment to successfully build and install flight hardware.
  • Collaborate with the production team, integration engineers, and quality team to build, develop, and document job operations.
  • Focus on assembly, installation, and testing of flight hardware for the Thrust Structure of Terran R, including Secondary Structures, Fluids Systems, Avionics Systems, and Engine Installations.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of aerospace mechanical experience or related field.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced production environment handling flight hardware.
  • Possess a wide range of technical skills including fastener/torque applications, secondary retention, testing, avionics familiarity, and bonding operations.
  • Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with engineering and production.
  • Ability to set up and operate a wide range of hand and pneumatic tools along with calibrated tools and measuring devices.
  • Must be able to climb ladders and be comfortable working in tight spaces.
  • Able to safely navigate and walk on uneven terrain or surfaces.
  • Able to frequently crouch, bend, or squat to access low-level areas or equipment.
  • Able to kneel to perform work duties, as needed throughout a shift.
  • Able to reach and extend arms overhead for the duration required to complete assembly tasks.

Benefits

  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a second-shift position with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, 3:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. PT.
  • The role is structured around a 50-hour workweek, including 10 guaranteed overtime hours each week.
  • Employees receive a 10% shift differential.

Benefits

PTO
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How this job compares in Long Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting comes in about 23% below the $54/hr median for welding jobs in Long Beach, CA, where the middle half runs $34–$76/hr across 30 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 40% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Long Beach, CA

We're tracking 35 other active welding openings in Long Beach, CA right now, from 15 different employers. 17 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 596 other active welding openings from 294 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 12 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 (34), Aerotek (16), and Volt (16). 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 Redondo Beach at $65/hr, Long Beach at $54/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. Long Beach is among them.

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