Relativity Space

Overview

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The Senior Materials & Processes Engineer, Welding will be responsible for welding materials and processes, contributing to the development and qualification of welded products for flight and reuse.

Responsibilities

• Be the M&P discipline expert for all weld materials & processes.
• Qualify weld materials and products for flight and reuse.
• Drive system level requirements and workflows to qualify welded products for damage tolerant design, inspection, flight, and reuse.
• Develop, implement, and maintain technical specifications and engineering standards for weld materials & processes.
• Drive weld development and optimization in partnership with weld engineering.
• Interface with Weld Engineering to qualify and iterate weld processes.
• Collaborate with materials engineering product owners to qualify weld process usage through the full product lifecycle.
• Work with laboratory staff to characterize weld materials and processes.
• Coordinate with Design Engineers for weld properties and allowables integration in product analysis and design.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineers to reduce cost and rate while maintaining performance from weld materials.
• Facilitate specification compliance validation across all weld processes with Quality Assurance.
• Engage with Relativity and Customer Fracture Control Boards to achieve vehicle reuse with welded products.
• Elevate risks and power through roadblocks with Company Leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant materials engineering experience.
• Experience in process-structure-property-performance problem solving for weld materials.
• Experience with general aerospace hardware M&P activities, such as material selection and weld process development.
• A core commitment to accountability, collaboration, and execution.
• Desire to establish and foster strong interdisciplinary relationships across the company.
• An authentic, introspective, and inclusive mindset towards technical, interpersonal, team growth, and development.
• Passion to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Benefits

• PTO