Senior NDE Inspector, Ultrasonic, Second Shift

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 beyondthe 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. Nowis a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, andthe 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.

The Materials and NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) team plays a central role in enabling Terran R to fly, re-fly, and scale: developing, characterizing, and inspecting materials and processes across all parts of the vehicle. From welding and additive manufacturing to advanced composites, the team works at the intersection of innovation and execution, balancing performance and reliability with cost, quality, and schedule. As we move toward first flight and beyond, the challenges become more exciting, offering opportunities to shape how we design and develop for re-use.

With ownership across products, systems, and disciplines, engineers gain broad exposure and drive key decisions across design, manufacturing, and operations.

This is a second-shift position with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. PT. In addition to base pay, employees receive a 10% shift differential.

• Perform advanced Ultrasonic Testing (UT) inspections on complex aerospace hardware using applicable contact, straight-beam, angle-beam, and other approved ultrasonic techniques
• Work closely with UT Specialists, NDE Engineers, manufacturing, quality, and other technical stakeholders to resolve inspection challenges and support feasibility studies, Probability of Detection (POD) studies, and qualification activities
• Independently interpret and evaluate ultrasonic inspection data for relevant indications and determine acceptance in accordance with engineering drawings, specifications, procedures, and applicable acceptance criteria
• Develop, document, validate, and publish part-specific UT techniques for a wide variety of complex hardware and inspection configurations
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding and effective application of applicable NDE procedures, inspection plans, techniques, codes, standards, and customer requirements
• Perform equipment setup, calibration, system checks, and inspection execution, ensuring required sensitivity, repeatability, and inspection quality are maintained
• Generate clear, accurate, and comprehensive inspection documentation and reports, including detailed reporting of ultrasonic indications, inspection data, and results
• Work closely with UT Specialists, NDE Engineers, manufacturing, quality, and other technical stakeholders to resolve inspection challenges and support feasibility studies, Probability of Detection (POD) studies, and qualification activities
• Troubleshoot UT equipment, inspection…