Senior Fabrication Technician - Test & Launch Structures

Senior Fabrication Technician - Test & Launch Structures

Cape Canaveral, Florida

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. This role involves joining Relativity Space to contribute to engineering, manufacturing, and operations that support Terran R, with opportunities to impact the product, process, and culture.

About the Team

The Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape location provides exposure and responsibility across the program, with work evolving as milestones progress toward first flights, reuse, and high-cadence operations.

About the Role

In this role, you will work as part of the Test and Launch manufacturing team, building up the launch pad and test sites supporting Terran R. You will be part of fabrication and integration efforts across the launch and test sites, as well as our third-party vendors.

• Support installation, alignment, and calibration of complex tools and systems (such as rail systems, launch pad infrastructure, and integration tooling).
• Conduct field work such as match-drilling, precision assembly, and field machining.
• Collaborate with design and integration teams to develop installation plans and build strategies.
• Execute precision drilling, dowelling, epoxy pours, and leveling for anchoring, fixture setup, and heavy tooling integration while maintaining adherence to safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Work with fabrication and integration teams across launch and test sites and with third-party vendors.
• Participate in installation, alignment, and calibration of complex systems and tooling.
• Perform field machining and precision assembly tasks following safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in fabrication, machining, or heavy industrial assembly environments.
• Experience operating manual machining equipment (lathes, mills) and CNC machining systems.
• Proficiency with standard hand tools, power tools, precision measuring equipment, and shop arithmetic.
• Ability to read, interpret, and execute work from detailed technical drawings, blueprints, and manufacturing documentation.
• Knowledge of workplace safety standards and ability to work in dynamic team settings, including elevated work areas when required.

Nice to have

• Experience interpreting 3D CAD models to support fabrication, preferably using Teamcenter or NX.
• Knowledge of large-scale structural steel transport, lifting, and installation for truck and ocean freight operations.
• Field machining experience (magnetic drilling, flange facing, line boring).
• Rigging experience across bridge cranes and large off-road cranes, with a focus on safe lifting.
• Experience with portable metrology instruments (laser trackers, scanners) and metrology software (Verisurf or Spatial Analyzer).
• Basic understanding of GD&T and DFMA principles.
• Understanding of transitions from prototype builds to production operations.

Clearance

Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Compensation and Benefits

Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors. Compensation is one part of our total rewards package, which includes competitive salary and equity, PTO and sick leave, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more. For details on benefits and perks, please visit the company site.

Hiring Range

$41.60 - $57.20 USD

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. 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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