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Director, Supplier Development Engineering

Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · Director

$195,000 – $293,000

Listed on Relativity Space’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Lead a supplier development engineering team at a rocket manufacturer, establishing quality systems and supplier relationships critical to production scale-up. This role suits an experienced engineering leader from aerospace or high-reliability industries who thrives building processes and managing cross-functional supplier partnerships.

Our summary, not Relativity Space’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, or related field)
  • 10+ years supplier industrialization, supplier development, or manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace or high-reliability/safety-critical industry
  • 5+ years direct people management of engineering teams
  • Expert knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001 quality systems and core quality tools
  • Ability to build processes from scratch and deploy across diverse teams
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% of work week

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Engineering
  • Professional certification (Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ CMQ/OE, or PMP)
  • High-volume inspection methods and data-driven acceptance methods experience
  • Enterprise application knowledge (PLM, ERP, MES) and data analysis proficiency

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