Quality Inspection Supervisor, Production Floor, Second Shift

About the Team: 

The Quality team is focused on embedding quality into every part of the design and production process for Terran R. Not just inspecting at the end but influencing how things are built from the start. The team embeds themselves directly within design, manufacturing, test, and launch teams to stay close to the hardware, understand constraints, and proactively shape decisions. As we move beyond initial development into production and then scaled operations, now is the time to put the right processes, controls, and inspections in place without slowing down progress. The team plays a key role in balancing risk, driving a culture of ownership, and ensuring that speed doesn’t come at the cost of reliability. Success here means building a quality system that scales with the Terran R program and Relativity as a whole. 

About the Role:

You will lead a team of Production Floor, Quality Inspectors embedded directly within the Terran R structures and assembly lines. Your primary mission is to ensure "first-time quality" by overseeing in-process inspections, final walkdowns, and technical guidance for propulsion and structural integration. You will act as the critical link between the build technicians and engineering to resolve real-time manufacturing blockers. 

• Assembly Oversight: Lead day-to-day inspection activities for large-scale integrated assemblies, including propulsion components and vehicle structures. 
• In-Process Verification: Supervise visual, dimensional, and functional inspections during the build, ensuring all hardware meets CAD models and work order requirements. 
• Non-Conformance Management: Oversee the documentation of deviations through NCs (Non-Conformance) and drive root cause analysis (RCCA) to prevent recurrence on the line. 
• Final Walkdowns & FOD: Lead final assembly walkdowns and critical "closeout" photo documentation; oversee FOD (Foreign Object Debris) inspections using borescopes in assembly cavities. 
• Team Performance: Manage a team of 10–20 inspectors, handling timecards, certifications, training, and performance coaching to maintain a highly skilled, flexible workforce. 
• Tactical Collaboration: Partner with Production Supervisors and Manufacturing Engineers to unblock the line and resolve complex assembly-level quality issues. 

About You:

• 7+ years of quality inspection experience in aerospace, automotive, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments, including 2+ years in a leadership or lead role. 
• Prior experience of managing, mentoring, and developing inspectors or technicians, including coaching on technical skills and quality expectations. 
• Expert proficiency with precision hand tools such as micrometers, calipers, and bore gages, along with standard shop-floor inspection techniques. 
• Advanced experience with managing Material Review Board (MRB) processes. 
• Strong knowledge of GD&T (ASME Y14.5) with the ability to interpret complex engineering drawings and navigate CAD models (Siemens NX preferred) 
• Ability to support a 50-hour baseline workweek with flexibility for overtime to meet launch milestones, along with the ability to stand for extended periods on the production floor, climb ladders, work in confined spaces, and lift up to 25 lbs.

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Familiarity with digital factory tools like Infor LN, MES, or JIRA. 
• Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma certifications applied to an assembly line. 
• Background in propulsion or electromechanical system integration.