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Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Machining
Relativity Space · Long Beach, CA · Posted 3 days ago
Build out the expanded, state-of-the-art machine shop for Terran R and see your machined parts fly in real flight hardware.
The Machine Shop team delivers high-precision, high-quality machined components that are critical to Terran R’s success. Here, you’ll combine technical skill with creativity, collaborating closely with engineering and design teams to drive better part designs and manufacturing solutions. You’ll work with best-in-class, premium machinery and get to bring our expanded, state-of-the-art machine shop to life to support the scale and pace of the Terran R program. This role offers the rare chance to see your craftsmanship directly integrated into flight hardware, making an immediate impact. With clear training pathways, you’ll have opportunities to advance from operating machines to programming them, growing your career alongside the program.
- Create Process Plans, Standard Operating Procedures, Inspection Plans, Work Holding Designs, and other supporting documents to define process for parts
- Improve manufacturing processes through developing and deploying new technologies and methodologies
- Advise on design for manufacturability methodologies to upstream partners
- Articulate manufacturing, fixturing, and inspection method for designs concepts, GD&T requirements, and datum structures to inform design choices.
- Recommend novel designs or design updates that improve manufacturability
- Analyze and improve process that create non-conforming hardware. Investigate root causes and determine corrective actions.
- B.S. in Engineering of comparable STEM field
- 5+ years of experience in machining
- Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or Supply Chain
Nice to haves but not required:
- Knowledge of metrology and dimensional inspection methods
- Proficiency in CAD and CAM software
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, lean principles, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of fixture design and stack-ups analysis
Hiring Range: $122,000 — $182,000 USD
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