Senior Materials & Processes Engineer, Turbomachinery

Relativity Space

Long Beach, California, USA
On-site
Turbomachinery materials qualification
Technical specifications and standards
Experimental design and process improvement
Relativity Space is seeking a Senior Materials & Processes Engineer for their turbomachinery team in Long Beach, California. The role involves developing and qualifying materials for reusable liquid propulsion systems and requires a strong background in turbomachinery materials, as well as collaboration across various engineering disciplines

Job Summary

  • The Materials and NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) team plays a central role in enabling Terran R to fly, re-fly, and scale by developing, characterizing, and inspecting materials and processes across all parts of the vehicle.
  • This role involves being the M&P owner of reusable Liquid Propulsion Turbomachinery Products, Materials Systems, and Disciplines, qualifying them for flight and reuse.
  • Engineers gain broad exposure and drive key decisions across design, manufacturing, and operations, with ownership across products, systems, and disciplines.

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Relativity Space is seeking a Senior Materials & Processes Engineer for their turbomachinery team in Long Beach, California. The role involves developing and qualifying materials for reusable liquid propulsion systems and requires a strong background in turbomachinery materials, as well as collaboration across various engineering disciplines.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Turbomachinery materials qualification
  • Technical specifications and standards
  • Experimental design and process improvement
  • Failure analysis and root cause campaigns
  • Vehicle reuse fracture control

Nice-to-have

  • Autonomy, ownership, and impact
  • Collaboration across teams
  • Shaping product, process, and culture

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in materials science or engineering
  • 5+ years of relevant turbomachinery materials experience
  • Experience with general propulsion hardware M&P activities
  • Experience with material and part qualifications for AM or traditional forming

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Not specified

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