# Manager, Stage Materials & Processes Engineering

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/dc2f6841-1348-457c-8e3e-8e5773addc03

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

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

## Summary

Lead the materials and processes engineering team responsible for developing and qualifying materials across Relativity's Terran R rocket stages, collaborating with vehicle engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to keep the vehicle on schedule. This role suits experienced materials engineers who want to combine technical leadership with hands-on problem-solving in a fast-moving aerospace company.

_Our summary, not Relativity Space's wording._

## Skills named

Failure Analysis

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in materials science, engineering, or related field
- 6+ years of materials and process engineering experience
- Proficiency in materials and processes qualification, failure analysis, experimental design, and allowables development
- 2+ years of demonstrated leadership with technical excellence, empathy, and inclusivity

## Nice to have

- Experience across the full launch vehicle product lifecycle
- Experience with launch vehicle stage products including primary structures, mechanisms, fluid systems, and avionics
- Experience with launch vehicle materials including aluminum, nickel-based alloys, stainless steel, structural composites
- Experience with stage M&P disciplines such as fatigue and damage tolerance, corrosion, tribology, and oxygen compatibility

Apply on Relativity Space's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/relativity/jobs/8633862002?gh_jid=8633862002