Lead Manufacturing Process Engineer, Powder Bed Fusion
$138k/y-$176k/y
a day ago
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OnsiteFull-timeSenior
Summary
Relativity Space is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Process Engineer, Powder Bed Fusion to join their team in Long Beach, CA. The role involves managing a group of engineers and leading process improvement projects to enhance machine reliability and factory operations.
About the Role
As Lead Manufacturing Process Engineer, you will directly manage and support a group of engineers responsible for specific assets and their processes. Your responsibilities include elevating team performance, aligning ownership expectations, and ensuring clarity around handoffs, schedules, and quality goals. You will also serve as the technical and operational leader for process improvement projects aimed at improving machine reliability, uptime, and hardware flow through the factory.
About You
Required:
- BS Degree in Engineering (or relevant technical discipline)
- 5+ years of experience with Powder Bed Fusion/Additive Manufacturing engineering experience with 1+ years of technical leadership or project ownership experience
- Demonstrated experience working with powder bed fusion (LPBF) in a production environment
- Experience owning or mentoring engineers
- Strong track record of delivering results across ambiguous and high-scope technical areas
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and collaboration skills
- Comfortable navigating between shop floor execution and cross-functional strategic planning
Preferred:
- Familiarity with MES/QMS systems and process flow management
- Experience defining or scaling additive workflows from R&D to production
- Applied experience with root cause investigations and corrective action systems
- Background working in ISO, AS9100, or other high-reliability environments
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Generous PTO and sick leave policy
- Parental leave
- Annual learning and development stipend
Relativity Space
A rocket company at the core, Relativity Space is on a mission to become the next great commercial launch company. With an ever-growing need for space infrastructure, demand for launch services is continuously outpacing supply. Our reusable rockets can meet this demand, offering customers the right size payload capacity at the right cost. Leveraging advances in additive manufacturing, we are strategically focused on reducing vehicle complexity, cost, and time to market. Our patented technologies enable innovative designs once thought impossible and unlock new value propositions in the booming space economy.
Long Beach, CA