# Senior Mechanical Engineer, Tooling

Hiring organization: [Relativity Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/relativity-space)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/46d4c4a6-6d5a-478c-a02c-bac864246d0d

Listed on Relativity Space's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 122000 – 182000 USD per year

## Summary

Relativity Space is seeking a mechanical engineer to design and develop tooling, fixtures, and factory automation equipment for their Terran R rocket manufacturing facility. This role suits experienced engineers who thrive on solving novel production challenges and want to see their designs directly impact rocket manufacturing at scale.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Siemens NX

## Required

- Bachelor of Science in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent
- 6+ years of experience designing, building, and commissioning tooling and fixtures for manufacturing, assembly, and test
- Proficiency with CAD and FEA-based analysis software (NX and ANSYS Workbench preferred)
- Full-cycle project completion experience
- Strategic buildout and project management of tooling supporting production

## Nice to have

- Design for manufacturability and design for assembly expertise, including prototype-to-production experience
- Understanding of manufacturing materials, GD&T, and tolerance/stack-up analysis
- Knowledge of common manufacturing processes and machines (mills, lathes, welding, sheet-metal bending, lifting/rigging, assembly, inspection)
- Custom machine design experience with motors, actuators, linear rails, pneumatics, and bearings

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8370826002?gh_jid=8370826002