Relativity Space

Senior Component Manufacturing Engineer, Valves

Relativity Space$122K — $167K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in building, manufacturing, testing, or troubleshooting hardware
  • Hands-on experience with hardware
  • Familiarity with collaborating across engineering and manufacturing teams
  • Proficiency in authoring work instructions for complex assemblies
  • Understanding of engineering principles in fluids, thermal, and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end manufacturing process for Terran R valves
  • Develop and create manufacturing work instructions
  • Collaborate with design engineering to formulate hardware development strategies
  • Design tooling and fixtures to support assembly and testing
  • Coordinate with engineers and technicians to ensure successful hardware development and scalability
  • Assist in component testing throughout development, qualification, and acceptance phases.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity package
  • Generous paid time off and sick leave
  • Parental leave policy
  • Annual stipend for learning and development
  • Commitment to transparency and fairness in compensation practices
Full Job Description
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're not just executing on designs; you 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 rate for Terran R's aggressive launch manifest.

About the Role:
  • Have end-to-end hardware manufacturing ownership of Terran R valves.
  • Create manufacturing work instructions.
  • Partner with design engineering to lead development strategy for hardware.
  • Design tooling and fixtures for assembly and test.
  • Collaborate with design engineers, test engineers, technicians, and internal machine shop for hardware development, manufacturing, test, and scalability for high volume production.
  • Support component testing through development, qualification, and acceptance.

About You:
  • Bachelor's degree in technical discipline
  • Minimum of 5+ years of building, manufacturing, testing, or troubleshooting hardware in a manufacturing environment
  • Hands-on experience with hardware
  • Experience interfacing with design engineering, manufacturing, and production personnel
  • Experience authoring work instructions to build complex assemblies
  • Experience applying engineering fundamentals in fluids, thermal, and mechanical

Nice to haves but not required:
  • Aerospace valve design or fluid system design or build experience
  • Experience transitioning products from development to high volume production
  • Experience working in a propulsion development program
  • Experience with additive manufacturing and machining


At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range:

$122,000-$167,000 USD

About Relativity Space

Relativity Space is an American aerospace manufacturer that is developing 3D printed rockets. The company was founded in 2015 by Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Relativity Space's goal is to reduce the cost and time required to produce rockets by using 3D printing technology. The company's rockets are designed to be fully reusable, which could significantly reduce the cost of space launches. Relativity Space has received funding from a number of investors, including Mark Cuban and Playground Global.
Learn more about Relativity Space
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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