At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Additive Technology team operates at the frontier of research and development, where creativity meets capability. This is an R&D-driven environment where problems are open-ended and solutions are yours to define. You’ll work alongside welders, robotics engineers, data scientists, and systems engineers at the intersection of hardware and software, creating an end-to-end additive manufacturing platform that serves a wide variety of
applications. From exploring new materials to unlocking faster print speeds, to designing complex, organic geometries that can’t be built any other way, it’s high-impact work that sets the foundation for the future of additive manufacturing.
About the Role:
- Lead the maintenance and continuous improvement of additive weld system controls to ensure production quality for flight hardware.
- Develop and implement a robust framework for validating, qualifying, and deploying changes to production weld processes.
- Establish data-driven baselines and control limits for weld parameters to enhance process stability, repeatability, and product quality.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for production additive welding, pushing the boundaries of process control and platform capabilities.
- Identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging technologies that advance automation and precision in additive manufacturing.
About You:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Welding Engineering.
- 2 to 5 years of hands-on experience with Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and a solid understanding of industry codes and specifications (AWS, ASME, etc.).
- Proven experience working with robotic welding systems and a working knowledge of industrial automation and control integration.
- A sharp attention to detail and a drive to push technologies beyond their current limits.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on process efficiency and quality enhancement.
Nice to haves, but not required:
- A background in materials science with an understanding of metallurgical behavior in weld applications.
- Experience in developing process controls for cladding operations.
- Expertise in additive manufacturing processes involving welding, especially for aerospace or high-reliability applications.
- Proficiency in process monitoring, data analytics, and using data to drive closed-loop control strategies.
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.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Relativity Space Long Beach, California, USA Office
We have two sites in Long Beach, CA's Space Beach: "The Wormhole," a 1M sq. ft. factory, once Boeing C-17's home. Nearby, "The Portal" supports Aeon R engine production for our Terran R launch vehicle.
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