Technician , LP-DED Additive, First Shift

Long Beach, California

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. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. You’ll solve 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.

The Engine Manufacturing team is dedicated to delivering high-performance engines and advancing innovative manufacturing systems that continuously improve cost, quality, and lead time. You’ll actively provide input that shapes new hardware iterations and interface with engineers to make critical decisions for the Aeon R program. Having successfully developed and refined processes for our initial development engines, the team is now focused on producing flight engines at rate for Terran R’s aggressive launch manifest.

First shift hours are 5 am–3:30 pm.

• Join the front‑line of groundbreaking additive manufacturing production for the Aeon‑R Engine, ensuring that hardware is produced safely, on time, and to the highest quality standards.
• Support LP‑DED additive work‑center build‑out, first prints, and optimize operations to meet production demand.
• Manage production WIP, maintenance, and schedules, driving high efficiency production and on‑time delivery of critical engine hardware.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, specialists, and quality to ensure all components meet strict quality control standards.
• Advocate for new tools and improvements aimed at improving production efficiency.

• Experience working in aerospace or precision manufacturing environments, with a focus on producing high‑stakes, mission‑critical hardware.
• Hands‑on experience in additive operations, additive manufacturing (powder‑based preferred), and post‑processing, specifically in a production environment.
• Ability to read, interpret, and execute on work instructions.
• Ability to communicate constructive feedback on processes to manufacturing engineering.

• Experience operating or working with LP‑DED processes or similar laser or powder‑based additive processes.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles and the ability to implement process improvements that drive cost savings and efficiency gains.
• Previous involvement in new technology onboarding and integration.

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, equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more.

Hiring Range: $23.38 – $35.06 USD

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.