# Manager, Manufacturing Quality and Materials

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9c881a85-baa1-4aed-9551-79cc5d7a483e

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Management
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Salary: 150000 – 224000 USD per year

## Summary

Lead a manufacturing and quality engineering team building advanced additive manufacturing processes for aerospace applications, where you'll drive technical standards, process development, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver flight-ready hardware. This role suits experienced engineering managers who thrive translating customer and design requirements into scalable, repeatable manufacturing workflows and leading teams through complex problem-solving.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

Process Control, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Welding

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, or related technical field
- 7+ years experience in complex manufacturing environments
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Strong understanding of manufacturing process development, process control, and process capability
- Experience translating engineering and quality requirements into robust, repeatable manufacturing processes
- Systems-thinking and problem-solving skills with ability to identify systemic issues and build scalable solutions
- Ability to lead cross-functionally across Manufacturing, Quality, Materials, Design, Operations, and Program teams

## Nice to have

- Experience with additive manufacturing, welding, directed energy deposition, or other advanced manufacturing technologies
- Experience with metallic materials, material characterization, mechanical testing, metallurgy, or process qualification
- Experience developing manufacturing processes from early technology development through qualification and production
- Experience with statistical process control, process capability analysis, PFMEA, control plans, and manufacturing risk-management methodologies

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8871117002?gh_jid=8871117002